The effects of Si and Cu doping on crystal structures, magnetism , and the magnetocaloric effect of EuAl 4 have been investigated. EuAl 4 , EuAl 3.35 Si 0.65 , and EuAl 3.82 Cu 0.18 single crystals grown by the Al flux method are isotypic and crystallize in BaAl 4 -type structure with space group I 4 /mmm . Compared to the pristine compound EuAl 4 , the lattice parameter a keeps almost unchanged and c decreases obviously by Si doping, while a decreases and c increases upon Cu-substitution. These irregular changes in the lattice parameters may contribute to the electronegativity difference between Si and Cu. Cu and Si doping enhances the ferromagnetic interaction, and the direction of easy magnetization changes from the ab plane to the c axis upon the Cu-substitution. Multiple-step metamagnetic transitions are still observed in EuAl 3.35 Si 0.65 as applying the magnetic field along the c axis, while EuAl 3.82 Cu 0.18 shows ferromagnetic behavior along the ab plane and c axis. As a consequence, the low-field magnetocaloric effect is significantly enhanced. The maximum magnetic entropy change under a field change of 20 kOe increases from − 8.4 J/kg K for EuAl 4 to − 12.9 J/kg K for EuAl 3.35 Si 0.65 and − 15.9 J/kg K for EuAl 3.82 Cu 0.18 . The corresponding values of refrigerating capacity are 67, 140, and 147 J/kg, respectively. The remarkable magnetocaloric performances suggest that the Cu-doped EuAl 4 compound is an excellent candidate material for low-temperature magnetic refrigeration.
MgB 2 bulks with NaCl doping amount ranging from 0–30 at% have been prepared by hot pressed sintering process . With the increase of NaCl doping amount, the c axis lattice parameter of MgB 2 monotonously increases, indicating the substitution of Mg atoms by larger Na atoms. Meanwhile, the intensity of diffraction peaks of both NaCl and impurity phase of MgO increases. More compact morphology was found in the NaCl doped MgB 2 samples. The critical transition temperature ( T c ) decreases from 38.2 K to 36.8 K with the increase of NaCl doping amount from 0 to 30 at%, and the corresponding transition width of T c (Δ T c ) increases from 0.5 K to 1.8 K. When the doping amount of NaCl is not exceeding 10 at%, the J c value is about 10 6 A/cm 2 at 4.2 K, 3 T, and 5 × 10 5 A/cm 2 at 10 K, 3T. J c performance of the 5 at% NaCl doped MgB 2 sample (NC05) reaches 6.8 × 10 5 A/cm 2 at 20 K, 2T, which improves approximately 20% compared to the pure one, attributing to the better grain connectivity of MgB 2 and enhancement of flux pinning force by NaCl doping.
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