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 …

Recent progresses in exploring the rare earth based intermetallic compounds for cryogenic magnetic refrigeration

L Li, M Yan - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the magnetic materials with special functional characteristics are played very
important roles in the development of our present modern society. The magnetic …

Advances in materials and applications of inorganic electrides

H Hosono, M Kitano - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrides are materials in which electrons serve as anions. Here, the concept of inorganic
electrides is extended in several respects: from ionic crystals to intermetallic compounds in …

Prediction of a two-dimensional high-TC f-electron ferromagnetic semiconductor

B Wang, X Zhang, Y Zhang, S Yuan, Y Guo… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic semiconductors (FMSs) exhibit novel spin-dependent
electronic and optical properties, opening up exciting opportunities for nanoscale spintronic …

Ternary intermetallic LaCoSi as a catalyst for N2 activation

Y Gong, J Wu, M Kitano, J Wang, TN Ye, J Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Activating high-energy multiple bonds using earth-abundant metals is one of the most
significant challenges in catalysis. Here, we show that LaCoSi—a ternary intermetallic …

Recent advances in heterogeneous catalysis for ammonia synthesis

VS Marakatti, EM Gaigneaux - ChemCatChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Even after a century, ammonia (NH3) synthesis from nitrogen and hydrogen through Haber‐
Bosch process is still energy intensive. Even with recently introduced second generation Ru …

Review of magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect in the intermetallic compounds of rare earth with low boiling point metals

LW Li - Chinese Physics B, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in many rare earth (RE) based intermetallic compounds
has been extensively investigated during the last two decades, not only due to their potential …

Intermetallic electride catalyst as a platform for ammonia synthesis

J Wu, J Li, Y Gong, M Kitano, T Inoshita… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrides loaded with transition‐metal (TM) nanoparticles have recently attracted attention
as emerging materials for catalytic NH3 synthesis. However, they suffer from disadvantages …

Quasi-two-dimensional intermetallic electride cerusi for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution

W Cai, C Zhou, X Hu, T Jiao, Y Liu, L Li, J Li… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrides are emerging catalyst materials, in which excess electrons serve as periodic
anions. Although they have been successfully used for various hydrogenation reactions, due …

Crystal Structure, Vibrational, Spectroscopic and Thermochemical Properties of Double Sulfate Crystalline Hydrate [CsEu(H2O)3(SO4)2]·H2O and Its Thermal Dehydration Product CsEu …

YG Denisenko, MS Molokeev, AS Oreshonkov… - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Crystalline hydrate of double cesium europium sulfate [CsEu (H2O) 3 (SO4) 2]· H2O was
synthesized by the crystallization from an aqueous solution containing equimolar amounts of …