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Making a Cool Choice: The Materials Library of Magnetic Refrigeration
Author(s) -
Gottschall Tino,
Skokov Konstantin P.,
Fries Maximilian,
Taubel Andreas,
Radulov Iliya,
Scheibel Franziska,
Benke Dimitri,
Riegg Stefan,
Gutfleisch Oliver
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201901322
Subject(s) - magnetic refrigeration , refrigerant , materials science , adiabatic process , gas compressor , isothermal process , refrigeration , thermodynamics , magnetic field , process engineering , work (physics) , engineering physics , nuclear engineering , mechanical engineering , magnetization , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
The phase‐down scenario of conventional refrigerants used in gas–vapor compressors and the demand for environmentally friendly and efficient cooling make the search for alternative technologies more important than ever. Magnetic refrigeration utilizing the magnetocaloric effect of magnetic materials could be that alternative. However, there are still several challenges to be overcome before having devices that are competitive with those based on the conventional gas–vapor technology. In this paper a rigorous assessment of the most relevant examples of 14 different magnetocaloric material families is presented and those are compared in terms of their adiabatic temperature and isothermal entropy change under cycling in magnetic‐field changes of 1 and 2 T, criticality aspects, and the amount of heat that they can transfer per cycle. The work is based on magnetic, direct thermometric, and calorimetric measurements made under similar conditions and in the same devices. Such a wide‐ranging study has not been carried out before. This data sets the basis for more advanced modeling and machine learning approaches in the near future.