Giant Rotational Magnetocaloric Effect in Ni(en)(H2O)4·2H2O: Experiment and Theory

Autor: Petro Danylchenko, Róbert Tarasenko, Erik Čižmár, Vladimír Tkáč, Alexander Feher, Alžbeta Orendáčová, Martin Orendáč
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Magnetochemistry, Vol 8, Iss 4, p 39 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2312-7481
DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry8040039
Popis: An experimental study of the rotational magnetocaloric effect in Ni(en)(H2O)4SO4∙2H2O (en = ethylenediamine) single crystal is presented. The study was carried out at temperatures above 2 K and was associated with adiabatic crystal rotation between the easy plane and hard axis in magnetic fields up to 7 T. The magnetocaloric properties of the studied system were investigated by isothermal magnetization measurement. The experimental observations were completed with ab initio calculations of the anisotropy parameters. A large rotational magnetic entropy change ≈12 Jkg−1K−1 and ≈16.9 Jkg−1K−1 was achieved in 5 T and 7 T, respectively. The present study suggests a possible application of this material in low-temperature refrigeration since the adiabatic rotation of the single crystal in 7 T led to a cooldown of the sample from the initial temperature of 4.2 K down to 0.34 K. Finally, theoretical calculations show that S = 1 Ni(II)-based systems with easy-plane anisotropy can have better rotational magnetocaloric properties than costly materials containing rare-earth elements in their chemical structures.
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