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- Title
The study of structural, electronic, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of antiperovskite carbides M<sub>3</sub>AlC (M=Mn and Fe): DFT combined with Monte Carlo simulation.
- Authors
Azouaoui, A.; Mouchou, S.; Toual, Y.; Benzakour, N.; Hourmatallah, A.
- Abstract
This work aims to investigate the structural stability, magnetic and electronic properties of M3AlC antiperovskites using density functional theory (DFT) and Monte Carlo simulation. The obtained ground state results reveal that the antiperovskites M3AlC are stable in the ferromagnetic (FM) state with a metallic character. The calculated total magnetic moments are 5.21 μ B and 3.34 μ B for Mn3AlC and Fe3AlC, respectively, with the total moments mainly from the M atom. The ferromagnetic behavior is confirmed by computing the density of state at Fermi level and verified the Stoner criterion. The magnetic and magnetocaloric behavior of M3AlC is investigated using Monte Carlo simulation and the obtained results demonstrate that the transition from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic state occurs at T C = 3 0 0 K and T C = 2 3 0 K for Mn3AlC and Fe3AlC, respectively. These values of T C are in good agreement with the experimental results. The magnetocaloric effect and critical behavior are studied and the obtained values of magnetic entropy change | Δ S mag | at 4.5 T is about 4.242 J/kg.K and 3.666 J/kg.K and the relative cooling power (RCP) are 342.434 J/kg.K and 325.26 J/kg.K for Mn3AlC and Fe3AlC at 4.5T, indicating that these compounds are more appropriate for magnetic refrigeration. Finally, the critical exponents (β , γ , δ) are calculated and the obtained values are close to the values of mean-field model.
- Subjects
MANGANITE; MAGNETIC entropy; MONTE Carlo method; MAGNETIC properties; MAGNETIC cooling; MAGNETOCALORIC effects; MAGNETIC moments
- Publication
Modern Physics Letters B, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 29, p1
- ISSN
0217-9849
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0217984924502816