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Microstructure, first-order magnetostructural transition, magnetocaloric properties and exchange bias effect in Ni45−xBixMn44Sn11 alloys

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Searching for large magnetocaloric material is the key of applicable magnetic refrigeration. We have systematically investigated the crystal structure, first-order magnetostructural transition, magnetic properties, magnetocaloric effect (MCE) and exchange bias (EB) effect for the Ni45−xBixMn44Sn11 (x = 0, 1, 3 and 5) alloys. The result of X-ray diffraction measured indicates that all compounds have L21 cubic structure at room temperature. The martensitic transformation (MT) temperature decreases with the increase in the Bi concentration and magnetic field. A large positive magnetic entropy change (\({\Delta S}_{{\text{M}}}\)) and refrigerant capacity (RC) of all samples were found across MT. The maximum \({\Delta S}_{{\text{M}}}\) and effective RC are 44.21 J kg−1 K−1 and 125.46 J kg−1 under the magnetic field of 5 T across MT for x = 3, respectively. All the samples exhibit EB effect below the blocking temperature of 60 K, indicating the existence of the magnetic coupled at antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic interfaces. Under the field-cooled condition of 2 kOe, the maximum EB field (HE) is 793 Oe at 2 K for x = 3. Our findings demonstrate Ni–Bi–Mn–Sn alloys as one of the promising candidates of MCE material.

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This work was supported by Key Research Project of Education Department of Anhui Provincial (Grant No. KJ2021A0671 and KJ2021A0672), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, No. 52201223) and the Local Colleges Applied Basic Research Projects of Yunnan Province (No. 202101BA070001-233).

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Sun, X., Huang, Y., Zhang, Y. et al. Microstructure, first-order magnetostructural transition, magnetocaloric properties and exchange bias effect in Ni45−xBixMn44Sn11 alloys. J Mater Sci 59, 8769–8783 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-024-09705-2

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