Giant magnetocaloric effect in exchange-frustrated GdCrTiO5 antiferromagnet

Abstract

We report the effect of exchange frustration on the magnetocaloric properties of GdCrTiO${}_5$ compound. Due to the highly exchange-frustrated nature of magnetic interaction, in GdCrTiO${}_5$, the long-range antiferromagnetic ordering occurs at much lower temperature $T_N$=0.9 K and the magnetic cooling power enhances dramatically relative to that observed in several geometrically frustrated systems. Below 5 K, isothermal magnetic entropy change (-$\Delta S_{\mathrm{m}}$) is found to be 36 J kg${}^{-1}$ K${}^{-1}$, for a field change ($\Delta H$) of 7 T. Further, -$\Delta S_{\mathrm{m}}$ does not decrease from its maximum value with decreasing in $T$ down to very low temperatures and is reversible in nature. The adiabatic temperature change, $\Delta T_{\mathrm{ad}}$, is 15 K for $\Delta H$=7 T. These magnetocaloric parameters are significantly larger than that reported for several potential magnetic refrigerants, even for small and moderate field changes. The present study not only suggests that GdCrTiO${}_5$ could be considered as a potential magnetic refrigerant at cryogenic temperatures but also promotes further studies on the role of exchange frustration on magnetocaloric effect. In contrast, only the role of geometrical frustration on magnetocaloric effect has been previously reported theoretically and experimentally investigated on very few systems.

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