Magnetocaloric effect: From materials research to refrigeration devices

V Franco, JS Blázquez, JJ Ipus, JY Law… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
The magnetocaloric effect and its most straightforward application, magnetic refrigeration,
are topics of current interest due to the potential improvement of energy efficiency of cooling …

Making a cool choice: the materials library of magnetic refrigeration

T Gottschall, KP Skokov, M Fries… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Magnetocaloric materials for energy efficient cooling

J Lyubina - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Solid-state magnetic cooling near room temperature has recently gained a prominent
position among alternative cooling technologies that are deemed to have higher energy …

Mastering hysteresis in magnetocaloric materials

O Gutfleisch, T Gottschall, M Fries… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Hysteresis is more than just an interesting oddity that occurs in materials with a first-order
transition. It is a real obstacle on the path from existing laboratory-scale prototypes of …

Advanced materials for magnetic cooling: Fundamentals and practical aspects

M Balli, S Jandl, P Fournier… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Over the last two decades, the research activities on magnetocalorics have been
exponentially increased, leading to the discovery of a wide category of materials including …

Hysteresis design of magnetocaloric materials—from basic mechanisms to applications

F Scheibel, T Gottschall, A Taubel, M Fries… - Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic refrigeration relies on a substantial entropy change in a magnetocaloric material
when a magnetic field is applied. Such entropy changes are present at first‐order …

Epoxy-bonded La–Fe–Co–Si magnetocaloric plates

B Pulko, J Tušek, JD Moore, B Weise, K Skokov… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2015 - Elsevier
We report the processing, analysis and testing of magnetocaloric composite materials
consisting of La–Fe–Co–Si particles of various size fractions and a polymer matrix. All of the …

Microstructural and magnetic properties of Mn-Fe-P-Si (Fe2 P-type) magnetocaloric compounds

M Fries, L Pfeuffer, E Bruder, T Gottschall, S Ener… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Fe 2 P-based magnetocaloric compounds are an important and industrially relevant material
class for magnetic refrigeration, yet their microstructure and its influence on the magnetic …

Novel magnetocaloric composites with outstanding thermal conductivity and mechanical properties boosted by continuous Cu network

X Miao, C Wang, T Liao, S Ju, J Zha, W Wang, J Liu… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnetic refrigeration based on the magnetocaloric effect is expected to trigger
technological revolution in the refrigeration industry due to the merits of high energy …

Outstanding Comprehensive Performance of La(Fe, Si)13Hy/In Composite with Durable Service Life for Magnetic Refrigeration

YX Wang, H Zhang, EK Liu, XC Zhong… - Advanced Electronic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic refrigeration based on magnetocaloric effect (MCE) has become a promisingly
alternative technology to the conventional vapor‐compression refrigeration. A great number …