Journal
IEEE MAGNETICS LETTERS
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2015.2449259
Keywords
Current topics; coupled phenomena; iron alloy; magnetocaloric effect; relative cooling power
Funding
- National Research Foundation, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore
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Low-cost magnetic cooling based on the magnetocaloric effect is an energy efficient, environmentally friendly, thermal management technology. However, inadequate temperature span is often a challenge in developing a magnetic cooling system. We report the novel use of multiphase materials to enhance the working temperature span (delta T-FWHM) of the magnetic entropy change and the relative cooling power of a Fe-Ni-B bulk alloy. The coexistence of bcc, fcc, and spinel phases results in large working temperature spans of 322.3 and 439.0 K for magnetic field change of 1 and 5 T, respectively. delta T-FWHM for this multiphase (Fe70Ni30)(89)B-11 alloy is about 86% higher than the corresponding value for single-phase gamma-(Fe70Ni30)(89)B-11 alloy for Delta H = 1 T. These values are the largest for any bulk magnetocaloric material and even higher than most magnetocaloric nanoparticles. The relative cooling power is also higher than comparable materials, including the benchmark magnetocaloric material, gadolinium.
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