Giant reversible magnetocaloric effect in the pyrochlore due to a cooperative two-sublattice ferromagnetic order
Abstract
Most magnetic refrigeration materials showing a large and reversible magnetocaloric effect (MCE) undergo a second-order ferromagnetic (FM) transition involving large-moment magnetic species on one sublattice. Furthermore, a stronger MCE is expected near a cooperative FM order of two or more magnetic species with large magnetic moments residing on different sublattices, but experimental realizations are rare. Here we report on the discovery of large MCE in the cubic pyrochlore Er2Mn2O7 near its second-order FM transition at Tc ≈ 34K; under the magnetic field change of 1 and 5 T, the maximum magnetic entropy change –ΔSM is 5.27 and 16.1Jkg–1K–1, and the estimated magnetic refrigerant capacity reaches 68 and 522Jkg–1, respectively. These latter values are among the largest for the known MCE materials. The observed giant and reversible MCE in Er2Mn2O7 is mainly attributed to the large saturation moment of 18.9μB per formula unit owing to a simultaneous FM ordering of the rear-earth Er3+ and transition-metal Mn4+ localized moments. Our results suggest that Er2Mn2O7 pyrochlore is a promising candidate for magnetic refrigeration applications in the temperature range 20–80 K. More importantly, this work provides a new material system for developing high-performance MCE materials that can exhibit a strongly coupled FM transition involvingmore »
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
- Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing (China)
- Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble (France)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1412041
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1410587
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Cai, Y. Q., Jiao, Y. Y., Cui, Qi, Cai, J. W., Li, Y., Wang, B. S., Fernandez-Diaz, M. T., McGuire, Michael A., Yan, J. -Q., Alonso, J. A., and Cheng, J. -G. Giant reversible magnetocaloric effect in the pyrochlore Er2Mn2O7 due to a cooperative two-sublattice ferromagnetic order. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.064408.
Cai, Y. Q., Jiao, Y. Y., Cui, Qi, Cai, J. W., Li, Y., Wang, B. S., Fernandez-Diaz, M. T., McGuire, Michael A., Yan, J. -Q., Alonso, J. A., & Cheng, J. -G. Giant reversible magnetocaloric effect in the pyrochlore Er2Mn2O7 due to a cooperative two-sublattice ferromagnetic order. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.064408
Cai, Y. Q., Jiao, Y. Y., Cui, Qi, Cai, J. W., Li, Y., Wang, B. S., Fernandez-Diaz, M. T., McGuire, Michael A., Yan, J. -Q., Alonso, J. A., and Cheng, J. -G. Wed .
"Giant reversible magnetocaloric effect in the pyrochlore Er2Mn2O7 due to a cooperative two-sublattice ferromagnetic order". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.064408. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1412041.
@article{osti_1412041,
title = {Giant reversible magnetocaloric effect in the pyrochlore Er2Mn2O7 due to a cooperative two-sublattice ferromagnetic order},
author = {Cai, Y. Q. and Jiao, Y. Y. and Cui, Qi and Cai, J. W. and Li, Y. and Wang, B. S. and Fernandez-Diaz, M. T. and McGuire, Michael A. and Yan, J. -Q. and Alonso, J. A. and Cheng, J. -G.},
abstractNote = {Most magnetic refrigeration materials showing a large and reversible magnetocaloric effect (MCE) undergo a second-order ferromagnetic (FM) transition involving large-moment magnetic species on one sublattice. Furthermore, a stronger MCE is expected near a cooperative FM order of two or more magnetic species with large magnetic moments residing on different sublattices, but experimental realizations are rare. Here we report on the discovery of large MCE in the cubic pyrochlore Er2Mn2O7 near its second-order FM transition at Tc ≈ 34K; under the magnetic field change of 1 and 5 T, the maximum magnetic entropy change –ΔSM is 5.27 and 16.1Jkg–1K–1, and the estimated magnetic refrigerant capacity reaches 68 and 522Jkg–1, respectively. These latter values are among the largest for the known MCE materials. The observed giant and reversible MCE in Er2Mn2O7 is mainly attributed to the large saturation moment of 18.9μB per formula unit owing to a simultaneous FM ordering of the rear-earth Er3+ and transition-metal Mn4+ localized moments. Our results suggest that Er2Mn2O7 pyrochlore is a promising candidate for magnetic refrigeration applications in the temperature range 20–80 K. More importantly, this work provides a new material system for developing high-performance MCE materials that can exhibit a strongly coupled FM transition involving two magnetic sublattices of large local moments in a single-phase material.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.064408},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 6,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 29 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Nov 29 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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