R. Martinho Vieira, O. Eriksson, T. Björkman, et al. Realistic first-principles calculations of the magnetocaloric effect: applications to hcp Gd[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2022, 10(3): 156-162.
DOI:
R. Martinho Vieira, O. Eriksson, T. Björkman, et al. Realistic first-principles calculations of the magnetocaloric effect: applications to hcp Gd[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2022, 10(3): 156-162.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2022.2033866.
Realistic first-principles calculations of the magnetocaloric effect: applications to hcp Gd
We present an efficient computational approach to evaluate field-dependent entropy of magnetocaloric materials from
ab-initio
methods. The temperature dependence is reported for the entropy change
specific heat and magnetization for hcp Gd. To obtain optimal accuracy in the calculations
a mixed-scheme for magnetic Monte Carlo simulations is proposed and found to be superior to using pure quantum or classic statistics. It is demonstrated that lattice and magnetic contributions play a role in the entropy change and that the dominating contribution comes from the magnetic contribution. The total calculated entropy change agrees with measurements at room temperature.