Abstract
The magnetostructural coupling materials exhibit excellent magnetocaloric properties, making them ideal candidates for magnetic refrigerants. Tb5Si2Ge2 reveals diverse phase transition behaviors, but its structural and magnetic phase transitions are decoupled, which restricts its potential applications in magnetic refrigeration technology. Here, we demonstrate that upon the addition of Co into the Ge site of Tb5Si2Ge2, the compound can obtain a strong magnetostructural coupling between the structural and the magnetic transition, which can significantly improve the magnetocaloric properties. It is observed that the magnetic entropy change under a magnetic field change of 5 T is increased from − 18.30 Jkg−1K−1 to − 31.34 Jkg−1K−1 after adding the magnetic element Co into the compound. The temperature-averaged entropy change (TEC) at the working range of 3 K under 1 T is also improved 2.1 times, exhibiting an enhanced low-field magnetocaloric performance. In addition, theoretical calculations show that a large lattice entropy change of 21.5 Jkg−1K−1 can be achieved after the magnetostructural transformation in the Co-doped compound. The results demonstrate that Co doping can be used to construct a stable magnetostructural transition, transforming Tb5Si2Ge2 into an excellent magnetic refrigerant.
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