On the high-field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fields

Magnetic refrigeration is a highly active field of research. The recent studies in materials and methods for hydrogen liquefaction and innovative techniques based on multicaloric materials have significantly expanded the scope of the field. For this reason, the proper characterization of materials i...

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Main Authors: C Salazar Mejía, T Niehoff, M Straßheim, E Bykov, Y Skourski, J Wosnitza, T Gottschall
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:JPhys Energy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/acd47d
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author C Salazar Mejía
T Niehoff
M Straßheim
E Bykov
Y Skourski
J Wosnitza
T Gottschall
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T Niehoff
M Straßheim
E Bykov
Y Skourski
J Wosnitza
T Gottschall
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description Magnetic refrigeration is a highly active field of research. The recent studies in materials and methods for hydrogen liquefaction and innovative techniques based on multicaloric materials have significantly expanded the scope of the field. For this reason, the proper characterization of materials is now more crucial than ever. This makes it necessary to determine the magnetocaloric and other physical properties under various stimuli such as magnetic fields and mechanical loads. In this work, we present an overview of the characterization techniques established at the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory in recent years, which specializes in using pulsed magnetic fields. The short duration of magnetic-field pulses, lasting only some ten milliseconds, simplifies the process of ensuring adiabatic conditions for the determination of temperature changes, $\Delta T_{\mathrm{ad}}$ . The possibility to measure in the temperature range from 10 to 400 K allows us to study magnetocaloric materials for both room-temperature applications and gas liquefaction. With magnetic-field strengths of up to 50 T, almost every first-order material can be transformed completely. The high field-change rates allow us to observe dynamic effects of phase transitions driven by nucleation and growth as well. We discuss the experimental challenges and advantages of the investigation method using pulsed magnetic fields. We summarize examples for some of the most important material classes including Gd, Laves phases, La–Fe–Si, Mn–Fe–P–Si, Heusler alloys and Fe–Rh. Further, we present the recent developments in simultaneous measurements of temperature change, strain, and magnetization, and introduce a technique to characterize multicaloric materials under applied magnetic field and uniaxial load. We conclude by demonstrating how the use of pulsed fields opens the door to new magnetic-refrigeration principles based on multicalorics and the ‘exploiting-hysteresis’ approach.
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spelling doaj.art-394669f433fa4b9eb3a5ec27da1054012023-05-22T06:59:48ZengIOP PublishingJPhys Energy2515-76552023-01-015303400610.1088/2515-7655/acd47dOn the high-field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fieldsC Salazar Mejía0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0123-9593T Niehoff1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0992-3269M Straßheim2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4987-8290E Bykov3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4662-0550Y Skourski4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4100-6420J Wosnitza5T Gottschall6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4117-8169Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, GermanyHochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, Germany; Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, TU Dresden , 01062 Dresden, GermanyHochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, Germany; Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, TU Dresden , 01062 Dresden, GermanyHochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, Germany; Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, TU Dresden , 01062 Dresden, GermanyHochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, GermanyHochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, Germany; Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, TU Dresden , 01062 Dresden, GermanyHochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, GermanyMagnetic refrigeration is a highly active field of research. The recent studies in materials and methods for hydrogen liquefaction and innovative techniques based on multicaloric materials have significantly expanded the scope of the field. For this reason, the proper characterization of materials is now more crucial than ever. This makes it necessary to determine the magnetocaloric and other physical properties under various stimuli such as magnetic fields and mechanical loads. In this work, we present an overview of the characterization techniques established at the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory in recent years, which specializes in using pulsed magnetic fields. The short duration of magnetic-field pulses, lasting only some ten milliseconds, simplifies the process of ensuring adiabatic conditions for the determination of temperature changes, $\Delta T_{\mathrm{ad}}$ . The possibility to measure in the temperature range from 10 to 400 K allows us to study magnetocaloric materials for both room-temperature applications and gas liquefaction. With magnetic-field strengths of up to 50 T, almost every first-order material can be transformed completely. The high field-change rates allow us to observe dynamic effects of phase transitions driven by nucleation and growth as well. We discuss the experimental challenges and advantages of the investigation method using pulsed magnetic fields. We summarize examples for some of the most important material classes including Gd, Laves phases, La–Fe–Si, Mn–Fe–P–Si, Heusler alloys and Fe–Rh. Further, we present the recent developments in simultaneous measurements of temperature change, strain, and magnetization, and introduce a technique to characterize multicaloric materials under applied magnetic field and uniaxial load. We conclude by demonstrating how the use of pulsed fields opens the door to new magnetic-refrigeration principles based on multicalorics and the ‘exploiting-hysteresis’ approach.https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/acd47dmagnetocaloricmulticalorichigh magnetic fieldspulsed fieldsmagnetostrictionmagnetization
spellingShingle C Salazar Mejía
T Niehoff
M Straßheim
E Bykov
Y Skourski
J Wosnitza
T Gottschall
On the high-field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fields
JPhys Energy
magnetocaloric
multicaloric
high magnetic fields
pulsed fields
magnetostriction
magnetization
title On the high-field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fields
title_full On the high-field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fields
title_fullStr On the high-field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fields
title_full_unstemmed On the high-field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fields
title_short On the high-field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fields
title_sort on the high field characterization of magnetocaloric materials using pulsed magnetic fields
topic magnetocaloric
multicaloric
high magnetic fields
pulsed fields
magnetostriction
magnetization
url https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/acd47d
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