Magnetocaloric effect in multiferroic Y-type hexaferrite Ba 0.5Sr1.5Zn2(Fe0.92Al 0.08)12O22

Wenfei Xu, Jing Yang, Yude Shen, Wei Bai, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jia Liu, Kai Tang, Zhi Wang, Chun Gang Duan, Xiaodong Tang, Junhao Chu

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Abstract

Magnetocaloric effect is investigated in multiferroic Ba 0.5Sr1.5Zn2(Fe0.92Al 0.08)12O22 ceramic with Y-type hexagonal system. Three magnetic transitions, from alternating longitudinal conical to mixed conical at ∼240 K, to ferrimagnetic at ∼297 K, further to paramagnetic at ∼702 K, are unambiguously determined. Furthermore, obvious MCE is shown, and the maximum values of the magnetic entropy change and relative cooling power are evaluated to be 1.53 JKg-1K-1 and 280 JKg-1 for a field change of 7 T, respectively. In addition, inverse MCE is also observed, which might be associated with the first-order magnetic phase transition between two incommensurate longitudinal conical phases.

Original languageEnglish
Article number067122
JournalAIP Advances
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014

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