Excellent thermomagnetic power generation for harvesting waste heat <i>via</i> a second-order ferromagnetic transition
Haodong Chen, Xian‐Liang Liu, Yao Liu, Longlong Xie, Ziyuan Yu, Kaiming Qiao, Mingze Liu, Fengxia Hu, Baogen Shen, R. V. Ramanujan, Ke Chu, Hu Zhang
Abstract
NiMnIn Heusler alloys with second-order ferromagnetic transition show good thermomagnetic generation (TMG) performance with zero hysteresis and a long-term service life, enabling them to be better candidates for practical applications of TMG.
Topics & Concepts
Thermomagnetic convectionFerromagnetismMaterials scienceWaste heatPower (physics)Order (exchange)Waste managementCondensed matter physicsMechanical engineeringThermodynamicsEngineeringMagnetic fieldBusinessPhysicsQuantum mechanicsHeat exchangerFinanceAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics