Large magnetocaloric effect in van der Waals crystal CrBr₃

Abstract

We study the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in van der Waals (vdW) crystal CrBr₃. Bulk CrBr₃ exhibits a second-order paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition with T_C = 33 K. The maximum magnetic entropy change −ΔS_M near T_C is about 7.2 J·kg⁻¹·K⁻¹ with the maximum adiabatic temperature change ΔT^max_ad = 2.37 K and the relative cooling power RCP= 191.5 J·kg⁻¹ at μ₀H = 5 T, all of which are remarkably larger than those in CrI₃. These results suggest that the vdW crystal CrBr₃ is a promising candidate for the low-dimensional magnetic refrigeration in low temperature region.

Keywords

magnetocaloric effect / 2D magnetic materials

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