稀土学报(英文版)
稀土學報(英文版)
희토학보(영문판)
JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS
2014年
12期
1135-1139
,共5页
慕利娟%黄焦宏%张文佳%刘翠兰%王高峰%赵增祺
慕利娟%黃焦宏%張文佳%劉翠蘭%王高峰%趙增祺
모리연%황초굉%장문가%류취란%왕고봉%조증기
La1-xCexFe11.44Si1.56Hy%isothermal entropy change%Curie temperature%magnetic hysteresis loss%rare earths
The structure and magnetocaloric properties of La1–xCexFe11.44Si1.56 and their hydrides La1–xCexFe11.44Si1.56Hy (x=0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) were investigated. The samples crystallized mainly in the cubic NaZn13-type structure with a small amount ofα-Fe phase as impurity. The lattice constants and Curie temperature presented the same change tendency with increasing of Ce content. For the hydrides, the influence of Ce content on lattice constants was weakened and the values of H concentration y were approximate to be 1.56. The La1–xCexFe11.44Si1.56 compounds exhibited large values of isothermal entropy change –ΔSm around the Curie tem-perature TC under a low magnetic field change of 1.5 T. The value of–ΔSm increased and then decreased with increasing Ce con-tent, reached the maximum, 26.07 J/kg·K for x=0.3. TC increased up to the vicinity of room temperature by hydrogen absorption for the Ce substituted compounds, but TC only slightly decreased with increasing Ce content. The first-order metamagnetic transi-tion was still kept in the hydrides and the maximum values of–ΔSm were lower than those of the La1–xCexFe11.44Si1.56 compounds, but still remained large values, about 10.5 J/kgK under a magnetic field change of 1.5 T. The values of–ΔSm were nearly inde-pendent of the Ce content and did not increase with increasing x for the hydrides. The La1–xCexFe11.44Si1.56Hy (x=0–0.4) hydrides exhibited large magnetic entropy changes, small hysteresis loss and effective refrigerant capacity covered the room temperature range from 305 to 317 K. These hydrides are very useful for the magnetic refrigeration applications near room temperature under low magnetic field change.