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Giant and reversible room-temperature magnetocaloric effect in Ti-doped Ni-Co-Mn-Sn magnetic shape memory alloys

Journal Article · · Acta Materialia
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  1. Univ. of Science and Technology, Beijing (China)
  2. Beijing Inst. of Technology (China)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

The practical applications of magnetocaloric materials for magnetic refrigeration require not only large magnitude but also reversibility, as well as room-temperature operating temperature, of the magneto caloric effect. However, it is a complex problem to simultaneously meet these demands in the Heusler-type Ni-(Co)-Mn-X (X = In, Sn, Sb, Ga) magnetic shape memory alloys which are a promising candidate for magnetocaloric materials, owing to the interdependence of magnetostructural transformation parameters. In this work, through synergic tuning of magnetostructural transformation parameters via alloying with Ti in Ni42-xTixCo9Mn39Sn10 alloys, we achieved a large reversible room-temperature magnetocaloric effect. By alloying with a proper amount of Ti, the martensitic transformation temperature was brought down to room temperature and the sensitivity of transformation temperature to magnetic field change was greatly enhanced with the transformation entropy change still remaining a large value, while the thermal hysteresis and the transformation interval only slightly increased. Thus, the field required to induce the complete and reversible transformation was significantly reduced. As a result, a large reversible room-temperature magnetic entropy change ΔSm of 18.7 J kg-1 K-1 under 5 T was achieved in the Ni41Ti1Co9Mn39Sn10 alloy. This is the first report on reversibleΔSm in Ni-Mn-Sn-based Heusler alloys and the ΔSm we achieved represents the highest reversible ΔSm under 5 T reported heretofore in Ni-Mn-based Heusler alloys. Furthermore, the Ni41Ti1Co9Mn39Sn10 alloy shows good compressive properties and stable martensitic transformation during thermal cycling, beneficial for potential magnetocaloric applications. This study is instructive for the development of high-performance magnetocaloric materials for room-temperature magnetic refrigeration.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Scientific User Facilities Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National High Technology Research and Development Program of China; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1616285
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1550288
Journal Information:
Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Vol. 134; ISSN 1359-6454
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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