Room temperature magnetocaloric effect in CrTe1-xSbx alloys

M. Kh Hamad*, E. Martinez-Teran, Yazan Maswadeh, Rami Hamad, E. G. Al-Nahari, A. A. El-Gendy, Kh A. Ziq

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Abstract

We investigate the magnetocaloric effect (MCE), relative cooling power (RCP) and crystalline structure in Sb substituted CrTe1-xSbx (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2) alloy. The Rietveld refinement of the XRD pattern of CrTe1-xSbx showed the emerging of pure hexagonal NiAs structure with P63/mmc (194) space group with increasing Sb substitution. We detect a slight increase in the basal plane a-lattice parameter, with a much larger reduction in the c-axis. Magnetic isotherms were measured in the temperature range of 50–400 K. The results revealed an increase in the maximum entropy change |SM(T,H)| with Sb-substitutions in the temperature range (~285–325 K). Moreover, The RCP values increased by about 33% with 20% Sb substitutions. These findings suggest that CrTe1-xSbx alloys can be used in room temperature magnetic cooling at fraction of the coast of pure Gd element the porotype magnetic material for magnetic refrigeration.

Original languageEnglish
Article number167171
JournalJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume514
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2020

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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