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| author | Tang, Xin Miura, Yoshio Terada, Noriki Xiao, Enda Kobayashi, Shintaro Doring, Allan Tadano, Terumasa Martin-Cid, Andres Ohkochi, Takuo Kawaguchi, Shogo Matsushita, Yoshitaka Ohkubo, Tadakatsu Nakamura, Tetsuya Skokov, Konstantin Gutfleisch, Oliver Hono, Kazuhiro Sepehri-Amin, Hossein |
| author_facet | Tang, Xin Miura, Yoshio Terada, Noriki Xiao, Enda Kobayashi, Shintaro Doring, Allan Tadano, Terumasa Martin-Cid, Andres Ohkochi, Takuo Kawaguchi, Shogo Matsushita, Yoshitaka Ohkubo, Tadakatsu Nakamura, Tetsuya Skokov, Konstantin Gutfleisch, Oliver Hono, Kazuhiro Sepehri-Amin, Hossein |
| contents | Magnetic cooling, harnessing the temperature change in matter when exposed to a magnetic field, presents an energy-efficient and climate-friendly alternative to traditional vapor-compression refrigeration systems, with a significantly lower global warming potential. The advancement of this technology would be accelerated if irreversible losses arising from hysteresis in magnetocaloric materials were minimized. Despite extensive efforts to manipulate crystal lattice constants at the unit-cell level, mitigating hysteresis often compromises cooling performance. Herein, we address this persistent challenge by forming Sn(Ge)3/Sn(Ge)3 bonds within the unit cell of the Gd5Ge4 compound. Our approach enables an energetically favorable phase transition, leading to the elimination of thermal hysteresis. Consequently, we achieve a synergistic improvement of two key magnetocaloric figures of merit: a larger magnetic entropy change and a twofold increase in the reversible adiabatic temperature change (from 3.8 to 8 K) in the Gd5Sn2Ge2 compound. Such synergies can be extended over a wide temperature range. This study demonstrates a paradigm shift in mastering hysteresis toward simultaneously achieving exceptional magnetocaloric metrics and opens up promising avenues for gas liquefaction applications in the longstanding pursuit of sustainable energy solutions. |
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| spellingShingle | Control of Covalent Bond Enables Efficient Magnetic Cooling Tang, Xin Miura, Yoshio Terada, Noriki Xiao, Enda Kobayashi, Shintaro Doring, Allan Tadano, Terumasa Martin-Cid, Andres Ohkochi, Takuo Kawaguchi, Shogo Matsushita, Yoshitaka Ohkubo, Tadakatsu Nakamura, Tetsuya Skokov, Konstantin Gutfleisch, Oliver Hono, Kazuhiro Sepehri-Amin, Hossein Materials Science Magnetic cooling, harnessing the temperature change in matter when exposed to a magnetic field, presents an energy-efficient and climate-friendly alternative to traditional vapor-compression refrigeration systems, with a significantly lower global warming potential. The advancement of this technology would be accelerated if irreversible losses arising from hysteresis in magnetocaloric materials were minimized. Despite extensive efforts to manipulate crystal lattice constants at the unit-cell level, mitigating hysteresis often compromises cooling performance. Herein, we address this persistent challenge by forming Sn(Ge)3/Sn(Ge)3 bonds within the unit cell of the Gd5Ge4 compound. Our approach enables an energetically favorable phase transition, leading to the elimination of thermal hysteresis. Consequently, we achieve a synergistic improvement of two key magnetocaloric figures of merit: a larger magnetic entropy change and a twofold increase in the reversible adiabatic temperature change (from 3.8 to 8 K) in the Gd5Sn2Ge2 compound. Such synergies can be extended over a wide temperature range. This study demonstrates a paradigm shift in mastering hysteresis toward simultaneously achieving exceptional magnetocaloric metrics and opens up promising avenues for gas liquefaction applications in the longstanding pursuit of sustainable energy solutions. |
| title | Control of Covalent Bond Enables Efficient Magnetic Cooling |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01047 |