Carbides-anti-perovskites Mn3(Sn, Zn)C

Potential candidates for an application in magnetic refrigeration

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Younes Benhouria Moulay Ismail University
Moussa Kibbou Moulay Ismail University
N. Khossossi Uppsala University, Moulay Ismail University
J. Foshi Moulay Ismail University
Ismail Essaoudi Moulay Ismail University
A. Oubelkacem Moulay Ismail University
Abdelmajid Ainane Moulay Ismail University, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Uppsala University
R. Ahuja Uppsala University
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2020

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English

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Abstract

In the present study, the combination of the First-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations and Monte Carlo (MC) methods are investigated on the structural, magneto-electronic and magneto-caloric properties of the anti-perovskite carbides Mn3XC with X = Sn, Zn. Firstly, the electronic band structure and total/partial density of state of both Mn3SnC and Mn3ZnC are computed and compared to other theoretical and experimental works. Our results reveal that both Mn3SnC and Mn3ZnC structures exhibit a metallic behavior and the valence (VB) and conduction (CB) bands overlap considerably. Additionally, the magnetic and magneto-caloric properties including heat capacity (C), the entropy change (ΔS), adiabatic temperature (ΔT) and the refrigerant capacity (RC) were studied under the magnetic field ranging between 0 and 5 T for both anti-perovskites. Our findings suggest that both anti-perovskite carbide (Mn3SnC and Mn3ZnC) can act as an effective substrate for magnetic refrigeration.