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Enhanced Magnetocaloric Effect by the Rare Earth Polarization due to the Exchange with a Transition Metal - Study of GdCrO4
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The zircon polymorph of GdCrO4 has a large magnetocaloric effect over a wide temperature range, with |ΔST| > 20 J/kg·K from 6 K to 34 K, for a magnetic field of 9 T. This unusual behaviour is very interesting on magnetic refrigeration applications, for liquefying H2 or natural gas. The mean-field approach explains that it is due to the weaker Gd-Cr magnetic exchange relative to the Cr-Cr one, while the Gd-Gd exchange is negligible. This possibility has not been sufficiently studied and opens an interesting strategy to design more efficient materials for magnetic refrigeration.
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October 2016
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