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ECS JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2162-8777/ac611d
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science of the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- U.S. DOE [DE-AC02-07CH11358]
- U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
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Temperature-dependent studies on Pr2In reveal that the unusual anhysteretic first-order paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition is related to concurrent changes in both the magnetic and crystallographic lattices. The density functional theory calculations show that the compound's electronic structure is extremely sensitive to small lattice parameter changes, explaining the strong magnetoelastic coupling. Near the critical temperature, the compound exhibits a significant maximum entropy change comparable to other known cryogenic magnetocaloric materials.
Temperature-dependent powder X-ray diffraction and magnetization measurements of Pr2In conclusively prove that the unusual anhysteretic first-order paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition in the compound is related to concurrent changes in both the magnetic and crystallographic lattices. At the same time, the hexagonal Ni2In-type structure is stable at least between 6 and 298 K, including at T (C) = similar to 57 K. From the density functional theory calculations, the electronic structure of the compound is extraordinarily sensitive to minor changes in lattice parameters that occur across the phase transition, revealing the origin of strong magnetoelastic coupling. In the vicinity of T (C), the maximum entropy change, Delta S (Max) = -16 J Kg(-1) K-1 induced by a moderate magnetic field change of 20 kOe (Delta S (Max) = -20 J Kg(-1) K-1 for 50 kOe magnetic field change) is comparable to other known potentially functional materials demonstrating large cryogenic magnetocaloric effect.
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