La(Fe, Si)13-based compounds have been considered as promising candidates for magnetic refrigerants particularly near room temperature. Herein we review recent progress particularly in the study of the effects of in...La(Fe, Si)13-based compounds have been considered as promising candidates for magnetic refrigerants particularly near room temperature. Herein we review recent progress particularly in the study of the effects of interstitial H and/or C atoms on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of La(Fe, Si)13 compounds. By introducing H and/or C atoms, the Curie temperature Tc increases notably with the increase of lattice expansion which makes the Fe 3d band narrow and reduces the overlap of the Fe 3d wave functions. The first-order itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition is conserved and the MCE still remains high after hydrogen absorption. In contrast, the characteristic of magnetic transition varies from first-order to second-order with the increase of C concentration, which leads to remarkable reduction of thermal and magnetic hysteresis. In addition, the introduc- tion of interstitial C atoms promotes the formation of NaZnl3-type (1:13) phase in La(Fe, Si)13 compounds, and thus reducing the annealing time significantly from 40 days for LaFe11.7Sil.3 to a week for LaFell.7Sil.3C0.2. The pre-occupied interstitial C atoms may depress the rate of hydrogen absorption and release, which is favorable to the accurate control of hydrogen content. It is found that the reduction of particle size would greatly depress the hysteresis loss and improve the hydrogenation process. By the incorporation of both H and C atoms, large MCE without hysteresis loss can be obtained in La(Fe, Si)13 compounds around room temperature, for instance, La0.7Pr0.3Fe115Si15C0.2H12 exhibits a large IASM[ of 22.1 J/(kg'K) at Tc = 321 K without hysteresis loss for a field change of 0-5 T.展开更多
We present a simple hot press-based method for processing La(Fe,Si)13-based compounds consisting of La–Fe–Co–Si–C particles and phenolic resin. The magnetic entropy change △S per unit mass for the La Fe_(10.87)Co...We present a simple hot press-based method for processing La(Fe,Si)13-based compounds consisting of La–Fe–Co–Si–C particles and phenolic resin. The magnetic entropy change △S per unit mass for the La Fe_(10.87)Co_(0.63)Si_(1.5)C_(0.2)/phenolic resin compounds have nearly the same magnitude with the base materials. With the content of phenolic resin of 5.0 wt%, the compound conductivity is 3.13 W·m^(-1)·K^(-1). In order to measure the cooling performance of La(Fe,Si)13-based compounds,the La(Fe_(11.6-x)Co_(x))Si_(1.4)C_(0.15)(x =0.60, 0.65, 0.75, 0.80, 0.85)/phenolic resin compounds were pressed into thin plates and tested in a hybrid refrigerator that combines the active magnetic refrigeration effect with the Stirling cycle refrigeration effect. The test results showed that a maximum cooling power of 41 W was achieved over a temperature span of 30 K.展开更多
In this paper, we study the effects of Pr substitution on the hydrogenating process and magnetocaloric properties of La(1-x)PrxFe11.4Si1.6Hy hydrides. The powder x-ray diffraction patterns of the La1-xPrxFe11.4Si1.6...In this paper, we study the effects of Pr substitution on the hydrogenating process and magnetocaloric properties of La(1-x)PrxFe11.4Si1.6Hy hydrides. The powder x-ray diffraction patterns of the La1-xPrxFe11.4Si1.6 and its hydrides show that each of the alloys is crystallized into the single phase of cubic Na Zn13-type structure. There are hydrogen-absorbing plateaus under 0.4938 MPa and 0.4882 MPa in the absorbing curves for the La0.8Pr0.2Fe11.4Si1.6 and La0.6Pr0.4Fe11.4Si1.6 compounds. The releasing processes lag behind the absorbing process, which is obviously different from the coincidence between absorbing and releasing curves of the La Fe11.4Si1.6 compound. The remnant hydrogen content for La0.6Pr0.4Fe11.4Si1.6 is significantly more than that for La0.8Pr0.2Fe11.4Si1.6 after hydrogen desorption, indicating that more substitutions of Pr for La are beneficial to retaining more hydrogen atoms in the alloys. The values of maximum magnetic entropy change are 14.91 J/kg·K and 17.995 J/kg·K for La0.8Pr0.2Fe11.4Si1.6H0.13 and La0.6Pr0.4Fe11.4Si1.6H0.87,respectively.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Chinathe Hi-Tech Research and Development program of China+2 种基金the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciencesthe National Basic Research Program of Chinathe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘La(Fe, Si)13-based compounds have been considered as promising candidates for magnetic refrigerants particularly near room temperature. Herein we review recent progress particularly in the study of the effects of interstitial H and/or C atoms on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of La(Fe, Si)13 compounds. By introducing H and/or C atoms, the Curie temperature Tc increases notably with the increase of lattice expansion which makes the Fe 3d band narrow and reduces the overlap of the Fe 3d wave functions. The first-order itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition is conserved and the MCE still remains high after hydrogen absorption. In contrast, the characteristic of magnetic transition varies from first-order to second-order with the increase of C concentration, which leads to remarkable reduction of thermal and magnetic hysteresis. In addition, the introduc- tion of interstitial C atoms promotes the formation of NaZnl3-type (1:13) phase in La(Fe, Si)13 compounds, and thus reducing the annealing time significantly from 40 days for LaFe11.7Sil.3 to a week for LaFell.7Sil.3C0.2. The pre-occupied interstitial C atoms may depress the rate of hydrogen absorption and release, which is favorable to the accurate control of hydrogen content. It is found that the reduction of particle size would greatly depress the hysteresis loss and improve the hydrogenation process. By the incorporation of both H and C atoms, large MCE without hysteresis loss can be obtained in La(Fe, Si)13 compounds around room temperature, for instance, La0.7Pr0.3Fe115Si15C0.2H12 exhibits a large IASM[ of 22.1 J/(kg'K) at Tc = 321 K without hysteresis loss for a field change of 0-5 T.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52171054 and 52171195)the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 51925605)。
文摘We present a simple hot press-based method for processing La(Fe,Si)13-based compounds consisting of La–Fe–Co–Si–C particles and phenolic resin. The magnetic entropy change △S per unit mass for the La Fe_(10.87)Co_(0.63)Si_(1.5)C_(0.2)/phenolic resin compounds have nearly the same magnitude with the base materials. With the content of phenolic resin of 5.0 wt%, the compound conductivity is 3.13 W·m^(-1)·K^(-1). In order to measure the cooling performance of La(Fe,Si)13-based compounds,the La(Fe_(11.6-x)Co_(x))Si_(1.4)C_(0.15)(x =0.60, 0.65, 0.75, 0.80, 0.85)/phenolic resin compounds were pressed into thin plates and tested in a hybrid refrigerator that combines the active magnetic refrigeration effect with the Stirling cycle refrigeration effect. The test results showed that a maximum cooling power of 41 W was achieved over a temperature span of 30 K.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51301008 and 51171003)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.1112005)
文摘In this paper, we study the effects of Pr substitution on the hydrogenating process and magnetocaloric properties of La(1-x)PrxFe11.4Si1.6Hy hydrides. The powder x-ray diffraction patterns of the La1-xPrxFe11.4Si1.6 and its hydrides show that each of the alloys is crystallized into the single phase of cubic Na Zn13-type structure. There are hydrogen-absorbing plateaus under 0.4938 MPa and 0.4882 MPa in the absorbing curves for the La0.8Pr0.2Fe11.4Si1.6 and La0.6Pr0.4Fe11.4Si1.6 compounds. The releasing processes lag behind the absorbing process, which is obviously different from the coincidence between absorbing and releasing curves of the La Fe11.4Si1.6 compound. The remnant hydrogen content for La0.6Pr0.4Fe11.4Si1.6 is significantly more than that for La0.8Pr0.2Fe11.4Si1.6 after hydrogen desorption, indicating that more substitutions of Pr for La are beneficial to retaining more hydrogen atoms in the alloys. The values of maximum magnetic entropy change are 14.91 J/kg·K and 17.995 J/kg·K for La0.8Pr0.2Fe11.4Si1.6H0.13 and La0.6Pr0.4Fe11.4Si1.6H0.87,respectively.