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The crystal structure, cryogenic magnetic properties, and magnetocaloric performance of double perovskite Eu2NiMnO6 (ENMO), Gd2NiMnO6 (GNMO), and Tb2NiMnO6 (TNMO) ceramic powder samples synthesized by solid-state method have been investigated. X-ray diffraction structural investigation reveal that all compounds crystallize in the monoclinic structure with a P21/n space group. A ferromagnetic to paramagnetic (FM-PM) second-order phase transition occurred in ENMO, GNMO, and TNMO at 143, 130, and 112 K, respectively. Maximum magnetic entropy changes and relative cooling power with a 5 T applied magnetic field are determined to be 3.2, 3.8, 3.5 J/kgK and 150, 182, 176 J/kg for the investigated samples, respectively. The change in structural, magnetic, and magnetocaloric effect attributed to the superexchange mechanism of Ni2+–O–Mn3+ and Ni2+–O–Mn4+. The various atomic sizes of Eu, Gd, and Tb affect the ratio of Mn4+/Mn3+, which is responsible for the considerable change in properties of double perovskite.

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  • The crystal structure, cryogenic magnetic properties, and magnetocaloric performance of double perovskite ­Eu2NiMnO6 (ENMO), ­Gd2NiMnO6 (GNMO), and ­Tb2NiMnO6 (TNMO) ceramic powder samples synthesized by solid-state method have been investigated

  • The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is a phenomenon of the coupling effect between the magnetic moment alignment with application and removal of magnetic field, which is strongly associated with the magnetic phase transition

  • Jia et al studied the magnetocaloric effect in L­ n2(Ni/Co)MnO6 and discovered that these Double perovskites (DPs) exhibit multiple magnetic phase transitions, and Tc decreases with decreasing ionic radii of rare earth ­elements[20]

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Introduction

The crystal structure, cryogenic magnetic properties, and magnetocaloric performance of double perovskite ­Eu2NiMnO6 (ENMO), ­Gd2NiMnO6 (GNMO), and ­Tb2NiMnO6 (TNMO) ceramic powder samples synthesized by solid-state method have been investigated. We studied the influence of rare earth element ionic size in R­ 2NiMnO6 (R = Eu, Gd, Tb) double perovskite on structural, magnetic, and magnetocaloric properties at cryogenic temperatures.

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