Large inverse and normal magnetocaloric effects in HoBi compound with nonhysteretic first-order phase transition

HoBi single crystal and polycrystalline compounds with NaCl-type structure are successfully obtained, and their magnetic and magnetocaloric properties are studied in detail. With temperature increasing, HoBi compound undergoes two magnetic transitions at 3.7 K and 6 K, respectively. The transition temperature at 6 K is recognized as an antiferromagnetic-to-paramagnetic (AFM-PM) transition, which belongs to the first-order magnetic phase transition (FOMT). It is interesting that the HoBi compound with FOMT exhibits good thermal and magnetic reversibility. Furthermore, a large inverse and normal magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is found in HoBi single crystal in the $H|| [100]$ direction, and the positive $\Delta S_{\rm M}$ peak reaches 13.1 J/kg$\cdot$K under a low field change of 2 T and the negative $\Delta S_{\rm M}$ peak arrives at $-18 $ J/kg$\cdot$K under a field change of 5 T. These excellent properties are expected to be applied to some magnetic refrigerators with special designs and functions.     

Effects of thickness and annealing condition on magnetic properties and thermal stabilities of Ta/Nd/NdFeB/Nd/Ta sandwiched films

Ta/Nd/NdFeB/Nd/Ta sandwiched films are deposited by magnetron sputtering on Si(100) substrates,and subsequently annealed in vacuum at different temperatures for different time.It is found that both the thickness of NdFeB and Nd layer and the annealing condition can affect the magnetic properties of Ta/Nd/NdFeB/Nd/Ta films.Interestingly,the thickness and annealing temperature show the relevant behaviors that can affect the magnetic properties of the film.The high coercivity of 24.1 kOe(1 Oe = 79.5775 A/m) and remanence ratio(remanent magnetization/saturation magnetization)of 0.94 can be obtained in a Ta/Nd(250 nm)/NdFeB(600 nm)/Nd(250 nm)/Ta film annealed for 3 min at 1023 K.In addition,the thermal stability of the film is also linked to the thickness of NdFeB and Nd layer and the annealing temperature as well.The excellent thermal stability can be achieved in a Ta/Nd(250 nm)/NdFeB(600 nm)/Nd(250 nm)/Ta film annealed at1023 K.     

利用煤气化残渣构建Fe3O4和Fe负载的碳基复合吸波材料

本研究以煤气化残渣作为碳基载体，通过湿化学浸渍法和焙烧处理制得不同磁性组分负载的复合吸波材料。结果表明，在焙烧过程中，主要发生缓慢的碳热还原反应，磁性组分物相由Fe₂O₃、Fe₃O₄转变为Fe，同时碳热还原反应消耗掉一部分活性较高的碳，复合材料的石墨化程度变差。由于良好的阻抗匹配与衰减特性，复合材料Fe CGR1000体现出更佳的吸波性能，当涂层厚度为2.0 mm时，最低反射损耗值为-25.3 d B，在涂层厚度为1.5 mm时，有效带宽达到4.0 GHz。本研究的开展不仅实现了煤气化残渣资源化利用，而且为煤气化残渣的高附加值应用提供新思路。