Greatly Enhanced Magnetocaloric Performance
Introducing vanadium at the Ge site forms d-d hybridization, partially replacing p-d hybridization, achieving magnetostructural coupling, widening the Curie temperature window and enhancing relative cooling power.
Xiangming, Wang · Zhang, Hongguo · Shi, Jinhao · Zhang, Xiaoming · Yue, Ming
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2025
Complete Curie temperature window, width ~100 K