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We present a study on the magnetic and magnetocaloric characters of Sm1-xSrxCoO3 (x = 0.4–0.6) synthesized by solid-state reactions. Recorded M(T) data at H = 100 Oe show an increase of the Curie temperature (TC) from 143 K for x = 0.4 to 153 K for x = 0.5, but a higher x value (x = 0.6) reduces TC to ~ 92 K. A singularity region sandwiched between the Griffiths and pure paramagnetic phases has been observed in x = 0.4, but it becomes invisible at x = 0.5 and 0.6. These properties are assigned to a competition between ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic interactions induced by Co3+ and Co4+ ions. The Co3+/Co4+ mixed valence has been confirmed upon the analysis of Co K-edge x-ray absorption spectra. Using Maxwell’s relations and M(H) data, we have calculated the absolute magnetic entropy change (|∆Sm|). Around TC, the maximum magnetic entropy changes (|∆Smax|) of x = 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6 are about 1.19, 1.22 and 0.81 J/kg K for H = 50 kOe, respectively. The values of the relative cooling power are in the range of 58 ~ 93 J/kg. Our analyses also indicate all |∆Sm (T, H)| data obeying the universal master curve as constructing the |∆Sm|/|∆Smax| vs. θ plots, where θ is defined as the reduced temperature. When considering exponential parameters N(T, H) and n associated with |∆Sm(T, H)| and |∆Smax(H)|, respectively, we have found their values are different from the mean-field theory value n = 2/3. These results prove the Sm1-xSrxCoO3 samples have the second-order nature and short-range magnetic order.
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The research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant No. 2020R1A2C1008115. The work was also supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants funded by the Korean government’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, 2020R1A2B5B01002184). In Vietnam, the work was supported by the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training grant No. B2022-SPK-07.
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Manh, T.V., Pham, Y., Phan, T.L. et al. Electronic Structure and Magnetocaloric Effect of Sr-Doped SmCoO3 Perovskites. J. Electron. Mater. 52, 177–187 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-09943-7
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