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- Lian Zhang Search for magnetic refrigerant materials WZI group meeting May 28 WZI group meeting May 28 th th 2003, UvA 2003, UvA

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Search for magnetic refrigerant materials. - Lian Zhang. WZI group meeting May 28 th 2003, UvA. Outline. What & why is MR? Search for candidate materials Gd 5 (Si,Ge) 4 Fe 2 Mn(Si,Ge) La(Fe,Si) 13 MnFe(P,As) Conclusion. Fleet. FR de Boer, KHJ Buschow - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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- Lian Zhang

Search for magnetic refrigerant materials

WZI group meeting May 28WZI group meeting May 28thth 2003, UvA 2003, UvA

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Outline

What & why is MR? Search for candidate materials

Gd5(Si,Ge)4

Fe2Mn(Si,Ge)

La(Fe,Si)13

MnFe(P,As) Conclusion

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Fleet

FR de Boer, KHJ Buschow

E Brück, A de Visser, J Klaasse, YK Huang

O Tegus

AL Wolf

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Why magnetic refrigeration? Conventional gas expansion cooling

Ozone depletion Global warming

Green MR Higher efficiency Less noisy More compact Low temperature capability

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Magnetic Refrigeration• Magnetic-materials change in temperature if subjected to

magnetic-field change Magnetocaloric effect

)()(),(),( TSTSTBSTBS ellatmag

S

T

B0

B=0

Ericsson

Q

Q

Carnot

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T1T2

S2

S1

Sm

Tad

Refrigerant capacity

Table-like

S

T

Integration from isothermal magnetization curves

Directly measure or compute from specific heat measurements

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T

SB

M B1 > B2

T1

T2

T3

T4

:

:

Tn

Composite materialTC

Field-induced or not, Field-induced or not, behaves differently. behaves differently.

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GdGd55(Si,Ge)(Si,Ge)44

Magnetostructural Magnetostructural transitiontransition

MM

TT

Hysteresis

Misleading messageMisleading message

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M. Nazih Solid State Comunications 126 (2003)

210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310

0

10

20

30

40

50

Gd5Si

1.7Ge

2.3 Sigle Crystal //a

1T 2T 3T 4T 5T

T (K)

-S

(J/

kgK

)

O. Tegus Physica B 319 (2002)

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Fe2Mn(Si1-xGex)

Fe3Si: TC > 800 K

Fe2MnSi: TC ~ 250 K

Cubic D03

Heusler-type

Fe3Ge: D019 (HT)

L12 (LT)

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20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Inte

nsity

(ar

b. u

nit)

10 h

4 h

2 h

1 h

0.5 h GeFeGeMn

Ge

Fe (100)

Mn

Ge (111)

2 (Deg)

L. Zhang J. Alloys Comp. 352 (2003)

D03 D019

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0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.00

100

200

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400

500

D019

D03

Para

T (

K)

x

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

5.66

5.68

5.70

5.72

5.74

5.76

5.78

a

)

X (Ge content)

Lattice change with Ge content

TC - Ge content

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20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

D019

D019

+D03

D03

Fe2MnSi

1-xGe

x

x=1

x=0.8

x=0.6

x=0.5

x=0.4

x=0.2

x=0

In

ten

sit

y (

arb

. u

nit

)

2 (Deg)

30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

440

422

400

220

00440

1222

203

220

202

201

002

200

Difference

Calculated

Observed

Inte

nsity

(ar

b. u

nit)

2 (Deg)

L. Zhang Physica B 328 (2003)

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0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 4000.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

a

M

( B

/f.u

.)

T (K)

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 4000.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

b

M ( B

/f.u

.)

T (K)

220 240 260 280 3000.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

B=2T

B=5T

-S

(J/

kg·K

)

T (K)

Disappointed!

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La(Fe,Si)13

The highest 3d metal concentration (1:13) in RT intermetallic compounds

Failed to be a good permanent magnet

Cubic: weak anisotropy

Palstra 1983

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FeI @8b

FeII @96i

La @8a

Hypothetical LaFe13 structure:

Space group = Fm-3c

Unit cell = 8 f.u. = 112 atoms

= 8 La + 8 FeI + 96 FeII

Al, Si

Moze 1999

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Modification

Substitution of Fe by other transition metalsMn: failed to get single phase LaFe10.92Mn0.65Si1.43 Co: LaFe10.92Co0.65Si1.43 has a 2nd transition at TC=265K

Doping with interstitial atomsB: -Fe emerges in small amount of doping (B=0.2)N: difficulty in diffusion makes sample inhomogeneous

and broadens the transition enormously

C: saturated at C=0.5, while TC=250K

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0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.00.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

B/F

e

B (T)

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.00.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

B/F

e

B (T)

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.00.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

B/F

e

B (T)

Field step 0.1T

Field step 0.02T

Field step 0.005T

Be cautious with the height of S peak when it is a 1st order field-induced transition.

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-40

-20

0

20

40

60

-

S

T (K)

For the field-induced 1st order transition, the field-up S-T show point rotation symmetry with the field-down S-T curve.

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MnFe(P,As)

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MnFePMnFeP MnFeAsMnFeAs

TT(K)(K)

400

300

200

100OrthOrth

AFAF

TTNN

TTNN

AFAF

TTCC

FF

TetrTetrHexHex

TTNN

ss

((BB/f.u.)/f.u.)ss

4

3

2

1

AFAF

Beckman-Lundgren, 1991Beckman-Lundgren, 1991

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O. Tegus Physica B 319 (2002)

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Virgin effectVirgin effect

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In

tens

ity

2deg.)

c

b

a

a

b

c

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X=0.4X=0.4 X=0.2X=0.2

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X=0.2

X=0.2

X=0.4

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Conclusion

Materials for MR are ready Much room for improvement Behaviors vary: rich ingredients Theories are called Accommodate engineering challenges