%0 Journal Article %1 LIU2022101624 %A Liu, Wei %A Bykov, Eduard %A Taskaev, Sergey %A Bogush, Mikhail %A Khovaylo, Vladimir %A Fortunato, Nuno %A Aubert, Alex %A Zhang, Hongbin %A Gottschall, Tino %A Wosnitza, Jochen %A Scheibel, Franziska %A Skokov, Konstantin %A Gutfleisch, Oliver %D 2022 %J Appl. Mater. Today %K b %P 101624 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101624 %T A study on rare-earth Laves phases for magnetocaloric liquefaction of hydrogen %U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235294072200258X %V 29 %X We are witnessing a great transition towards a society powered by renewable energies to meet the ever-stringent climate target. Hydrogen, as an energy carrier, will play a key role in building a climate-neutral society. Although liquid hydrogen is essential for hydrogen storage and transportation, liquefying hydrogen is costly with the conventional methods based on Joule-Thomas effect. As an emerging technology which is potentially more efficient, magnetocaloric hydrogen liquefaction can be a “game-changer”. In this work, we have investigated the rare-earth-based Laves phases RAl2 and RNi2 for magnetocaloric hydrogen liquefaction. We have noticed an unaddressed feature that the magnetocaloric effect of second-order magnetocaloric materials can become “giant” near the hydrogen boiling point. This feature indicates strong correlations, down to the boiling point of hydrogen, among the three important quantities of the magnetocaloric effect: the maximum magnetic entropy change ΔSmmax, the maximum adiabatic temperature change ΔTadmax, and the Curie temperature TC. Via a comprehensive literature review, we interpret the correlations for a rare-earth intermetallic series as two trends: (1) ΔSmmax increases with decreasing TC; (2) ΔTadmax decreases near room temperature with decreasing TC but increases at cryogenic temperatures. Moreover, we have developed a mean-field approach to describe these two trends theoretically. The dependence of ΔSmmax and ΔTadmax on TC revealed in this work helps researchers quickly anticipate the magnetocaloric performance of rare-earth-based compounds, guiding material design and accelerating the discoveries of magnetocaloric materials for hydrogen liquefaction.

@article{LIU2022101624, abstract = {We are witnessing a great transition towards a society powered by renewable energies to meet the ever-stringent climate target. Hydrogen, as an energy carrier, will play a key role in building a climate-neutral society. Although liquid hydrogen is essential for hydrogen storage and transportation, liquefying hydrogen is costly with the conventional methods based on Joule-Thomas effect. As an emerging technology which is potentially more efficient, magnetocaloric hydrogen liquefaction can be a “game-changer”. In this work, we have investigated the rare-earth-based Laves phases RAl2 and RNi2 for magnetocaloric hydrogen liquefaction. We have noticed an unaddressed feature that the magnetocaloric effect of second-order magnetocaloric materials can become “giant” near the hydrogen boiling point. This feature indicates strong correlations, down to the boiling point of hydrogen, among the three important quantities of the magnetocaloric effect: the maximum magnetic entropy change ΔSmmax, the maximum adiabatic temperature change ΔTadmax, and the Curie temperature TC. Via a comprehensive literature review, we interpret the correlations for a rare-earth intermetallic series as two trends: (1) ΔSmmax increases with decreasing TC; (2) ΔTadmax decreases near room temperature with decreasing TC but increases at cryogenic temperatures. Moreover, we have developed a mean-field approach to describe these two trends theoretically. The dependence of ΔSmmax and ΔTadmax on TC revealed in this work helps researchers quickly anticipate the magnetocaloric performance of rare-earth-based compounds, guiding material design and accelerating the discoveries of magnetocaloric materials for hydrogen liquefaction.}, added-at = {2022-10-19T21:49:47.000+0200}, author = {Liu, Wei and Bykov, Eduard and Taskaev, Sergey and Bogush, Mikhail and Khovaylo, Vladimir and Fortunato, Nuno and Aubert, Alex and Zhang, Hongbin and Gottschall, Tino and Wosnitza, Jochen and Scheibel, Franziska and Skokov, Konstantin and Gutfleisch, Oliver}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bcd6d945511543adee576a744b4cf757/ctqmat}, day = 01, description = {A study on rare-earth Laves phases for magnetocaloric liquefaction of hydrogen - ScienceDirect}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101624}, interhash = {bc8a808b4a4ea5a6dd4003c8ce551835}, intrahash = {bcd6d945511543adee576a744b4cf757}, issn = {2352-9407}, journal = {Appl. Mater. Today}, keywords = {b}, month = {09}, pages = 101624, timestamp = {2023-10-16T07:58:21.000+0200}, title = {A study on rare-earth Laves phases for magnetocaloric liquefaction of hydrogen}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235294072200258X}, volume = 29, year = 2022 }