Large rotating magnetocaloric effect in ErAlO3 single crystal
Author(s) -
X. Q. Zhang,
Yue Wu,
Yanying Ma,
Q. Y. Dong,
Ya-Jiao Ke,
ZhaoHua Cheng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4974915
Subject(s) - magnetic refrigeration , condensed matter physics , magnetization , magnetic field , magnetic anisotropy , anisotropy , single crystal , materials science , rotating magnetic field , magnet , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , optics , quantum mechanics
Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of ErAlO3 single crystal were investigated. Magnetization of ErAlO3 shows obvious anisotropy when magnetic field is applied along the a, b and c axes, which leads to large anisotropic magnetic entropy change. In particular, large rotating field entropy change from the b to c axis within the bc plane is obtained and reaches 9.7 J/kg K at 14 K in a field of 5 T. This suggests the possibility of using ErAlO3 single crystal for magnetic refrigerators by rotating its magnetization vector rather than moving it in and out of the magnet
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