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Compared with traditional gas-compression/expansion refrigeration, magnetic refrigeration based on magnetocaloric effect (MCE) exhibits the advantages of high energy efficiency and environment friendliness. Here, we created large MCE in RFeO3 (R = Tb or Tm) single crystals by the magnetization vector rotation of single crystal with strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA), rather than merely via the order-disorder magnetic phase transition or magnetic structural transition. Owing to the difference in charge distribution of 4f-electrons between Tb(3+) and Tm(3+) ions, the rotating field entropy with different signs, -ΔSM(R) = 17.42 J/kg K, and -ΔSM(R) = -9.01 J/kg K are achieved at 9 K and 17 K for TbFeO3 and TmFeO3 single crystals from b axis to c axis, at 50 kOe, respectively. The finding of the large anisotropic MCE not only advances our understanding of the anisotropy of MCE, but also extends the application for single crystals to magnetic refrigeration.
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Both microwave absorption and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) are two essential performances of magnetic materials. We observe that LaFe(11.6)Si(1.4)C(0.2)H(1.7) intermetallic compound exhibits the advantages of both giant microwave absorption exceeding -42 dB and magnetic entropy change of -20 Jkg(-1)K(-1). The excellent electromagnetic wave absorption results from the large magnetic loss and dielectric loss as well as the efficient complementarity between relative permittivity and permeability. The giant MCE effect in this material provides an ideal technique for cooling the MAMs to avoid temperature increase and infrared radiation during microwave absorption. Our finding suggests that we can integrate the giant microwave absorption with magnetic refrigeration in one multifunctional material. This integration not only advances our understanding of the correlation between microwave absorption and MCE, but also can open a new avenue to exploit microwave devices and electromagnetic stealth.
