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Fe位Co掺杂Fe₂VAl全哈斯勒合金的热电磁性能

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周龙 ¹ , 余健 ² , 梁栋 ¹ , 叶先峰 ¹ , 贺丹琪 ¹ , 聂晓蕾 ¹ , 魏平 ¹ , 赵文俞 ¹ , 张清杰 ¹

硅酸盐学报 | 国家自然科学基金重点项目中期成果专题—研究论文 2026,54(2): 353-361

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硅酸盐学报 |国家自然科学基金重点项目中期成果专题—研究论文 2026 , 54 (2) : 353 -361

Fe位Co掺杂Fe₂VAl全哈斯勒合金的热电磁性能

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周龙¹, 余健², 梁栋¹, 叶先峰¹, 贺丹琪¹, 聂晓蕾¹, 魏平¹, 赵文俞¹, 张清杰¹

作者信息

^1．武汉理工大学材料复合新技术国家重点实验室，武汉 430070

^2．九江学院材料科学与工程学院，江西九江 332005

通讯作者:

余健（1987—），男，博士，副教授

魏平（1984—），男，博士，教授。

作者简介:

周龙（2000—），男，硕士研究生。

Thermoelectric and Magnetocaloric Properties of Co-Doped Fe₂VAl Full-Heusler Alloy at Fe Site

Long ZHOU¹, Jian YU², Dong LIANG¹, Xianfeng YE¹, Danqi HE¹, Xiaolei NIE¹, Ping WEI¹, Wenyu ZHAO¹, Qingjie ZHANG¹

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^1.State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China

^2.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005, Jiangxi, China

Corresponding Author:

YU Jian (1987-), male, Ph.D., Associate Professor; E-mail: yujian@jju.edu.cn

WEI Ping (1984-), male, Ph.D., Professor. E-mail: pingwei@whut.edu.cn

ZHOU Long (2000-), male, Master candidate. E-mail: 345359@whut.edu.cn

出版时间: 2026-02-20 doi: 10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250514

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摘要：热电磁材料是新型热电／磁卡复合制冷技术的关键材料，但目前常用的磁卡／热电复合材料存在异质界面扩散反应恶化综合性能的问题，研制具有本征热电磁性能的单相材料对推动该技术发展具有重要意义。本研究采用电弧熔炼方法制备了系列名义组成为Fe_2-_xCo_xVAl （x=0，0.5，1.0，1.5，2.0）的全哈斯勒合金，系统研究了Co掺杂对其物相组成、磁热性能和热电性能的影响。结果表明，所有Fe_2-_xCo_xVAl合金均为单相材料，Fe位Co掺杂可以显著提高Fe_2-_xCo_xVAl合金的居里温度，x=1.5和2.0样品的居里温度分别提高到210 K和287 K，在2.5 T磁场下的最大磁熵变分别为1.04 J kg^-1·K^-1和0.81 J kg^-1·K^-1；发现Co掺杂可同时显著提升电导率和Seebeck系数，同时晶格热导率明显下降，材料zT大幅提升；x=0.5样品的最大zT在600 K时达到0.073，比Fe₂VAl基体提高了260倍。表明Fe位Co掺杂可以协同调控Fe₂VAl基全哈斯勒合金的磁热性能和热电性能。

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热电磁材料 / 全哈斯勒合金 / 磁热性能 / 热电性能

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Introduction

The demand for refrigeration has substantially increased since 1990s. The refrigerants employed in conventional cooling systems are known to cause ozone depletion and subsequent environmental impacts. Thermoelectric (TE) cooling and magnetocaloric (MC) cooling technologies face some challenges in replacing conventional vapor compression systems due to their relatively low coefficients of performance (COP) and heat transfer efficiency. A combination of TE and MC cooling could be a promising way to improve the heat-exchange efficiency. Recent studies have focused extensively on thermo-electro-magnetic materials that simultaneously exhibit TE and MC properties. These materials include both MC/TE composites and intrinsic thermo-electro-magnetic materials. However, inherent heterogeneous interfacial reactions in MC/TE composites simultaneously degrade both MC and TE performance. Intrinsic thermo-electromagnetic materials as single-phase compounds can effectively avoid such a degradation. Fe₂VAl-based Heusler alloys exhibit promising thermoelectric properties due to their unique electronic structure. The incorporation of magnetic Co atoms is expected to simultaneously enhance the Curie temperature (T_C), and synergistically regulate both MC and TE properties in Fe₂VAl-based Heusler compounds. This study prepared a series of Fe_2-_xCo_xVAl alloys via arc-melting and characterized their phase composition, MC properties, and TE performance. This study demonstrated that controlled Co doping could be critical for optimizing the thermo-electro-magnetic properties of intrinsic Fe_2-_xCo_xVAl alloys, thus providing an effective material design strategy for solid-state hybrid MC/TE cooling technologies.

Methods

A series of Fe_2-_xCo_xVAl (x = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) ingots were prepared via arc melting in argon (Ar) atmosphere with high purity Fe (99.99%, blocks), Co (99.9%, pieces), V (99.95%, pieces), and Al (99.99%, granules). To ensure a homogeneity, the ingots were subjected to five remelting cycles with intermediate flipping. The ingots were cut into desired shapes using wire electrical discharge machining for the measurement of thermal and electrical transport properties. The phase structure of the materials was determined by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD, SmartLab, Rigaku Co., Japan). The microstructures were determined by scanning electron microscopy (JSM-IT800, Japan) equipped with a back-scattered electron detector and a Bruker energy-dispersive spectroscopy detector. The lattice constants were refined according to the Rietveld method using the Fullprof program. The Seebeck coefficient (α) and electrical conductivity (σ) were measured simultaneously by a standard four-probe method (CTA-3, Beijing Cryoall Science and Technology Co., Ltd., China) in a helium atmosphere at 300-750 K. The thermal diffusivity (λ) was measured by a laser flash method (Netzsch LFA-467, Netzsch Co., Germany). The thermal conductivity was calculated according to κ = λρC_p, where C_p was the heat capacity according to the Dulong-Petit formula, and the density ρ was measured based on the Archimedes prinicple. The magnetization versus magnetic field (M-H) curves and thermomagnetic (M-T) curves were measured with a multi-VersaLab vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM, VersaLab, Quantum Design INC., USA). The magnetic entropy change curves (ΔS-T) were calculated using the Maxwell relations.

Results and discussion

The results indicate that the incorporation of the magnetic element Co into Fe₂VAl Heusler alloy can synergistically regulate its MC and TE properties, showing a potential to become a high-performance intrinsic thermo-electro-magnetic material. The XRD patterns show that the Bragg diffraction peaks of all the samples match the standard cards without impurity peaks detected. The lattice constant increases with the increase of Co doping, indicating the continuous substitution of atoms Fe by atoms Co. The SEM images reveal that Fe, V, and Al are homogeneously distributed in the materials without any impurity phases. The incorporation of Co significantly elevates the T_C of Fe₂VAl-based Heusler alloys to industrially viable ranges, which is consistent with the Slater-Pauling rule predictions and the Bethe-Slater curve validation. At a magnetic field of 2.5 T, the maximum magnetic entropy change (ΔS_max) increases to 1.04 J·kg^-1·K^-1 for the sample with x of 1.5 J·kg^-1·K^-1 and 0.81 J·kg^-1·K^-1 for the sample with x of 2.0. The sample with x of 2.0 achieves an enhanced relative cooling power (RCP) of 110.7 J·kg^-1, benefiting from its significantly broadened full-width at half-maximum (δ_FWHM). The introduction of Co significantly increases the electrical conductivity (σ), shifting a transport behavior from semiconducting to metallic. The σ of the sample with x of 2.0 is the maximum vaule of 4.2×10⁵ S·m^-1 at 300 K. The substitution of Co introduces extra electrons, switching the Seebeck coefficient (α) from positive to negative values, indicating that the majority carriers shift from holes to electrons. The α of the sample with x of 0.5 is the maximum vaule of -68 µV/K at 550 K. The sample with x of 0.5 sample exhibits a peak power factor (α²σ) of 1.14 mW·K^-2·m^-1 at 550 K. The decrease in α²σ at high temperatures is due to the combined effects of reduced electrical conductivity and the decrease in the Seebeck coefficient caused by intrinsic excitation. At 300 K, The lattice thermal conductivity of the sample with x of 2.0 is the minimum value of 4.1 W·m^-1·K^-1. The maximum zT value reaches 0.073 K at 600 K for the sample with x of 0.5, which is 260 times higher than that of the sample with x of 0.

Conclusions

The introduction of the magnetic element Co could synergistically regulate the magnetocaloric and thermoelectric properties of Fe₂VAl Heusler alloy. The sharp increase in T_C could be attributed to the intense Fe-Co exchange interaction. The sample with x of 1.5 had the ΔS_max of 1.04 J·kg^-1·K^-1. The sample with x of 2.0 had the maximum RCP of 110.7 J·kg^-1. The sample with x of 0.5 had the maximum zT value of 0.073 at 600 K. The existing research showed that the T_C could be further increased and a better balance between MC and TE properties could be achieved via optimizing the Co doping content. To further enhance the TE performance without affecting T_C, doping heavy elements at the V site to increase phonon scattering or introducing V/Al antisite defects to improve electrical transport properties could be considered. This work could provide an effective material design strategy for developing intrinsic thermo-electro-magnetic materials based on Full Heusler alloys.

Key words

thermo-electro-magnetic materials / full-heusler alloys / magnetocaloric performance / thermoelectric performance

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周龙, 余健, 梁栋, 叶先峰, 贺丹琪, 聂晓蕾, 魏平, 赵文俞, 张清杰. Fe位Co掺杂Fe₂VAl全哈斯勒合金的热电磁性能. 硅酸盐学报, 2026 , 54 (2) : 353 -361 . DOI: 10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250514

Long ZHOU, Jian YU, Dong LIANG, Xianfeng YE, Danqi HE, Xiaolei NIE, Ping WEI, Wenyu ZHAO, Qingjie ZHANG. Thermoelectric and Magnetocaloric Properties of Co-Doped Fe₂VAl Full-Heusler Alloy at Fe Site[J]. Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2026 , 54 (2) : 353 -361 . DOI: 10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250514

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国家自然科学基金项目(52130203; 92463310; 52201256)

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^1．武汉理工大学材料复合新技术国家重点实验室，武汉 430070

^2．九江学院材料科学与工程学院，江西九江 332005

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余健（1987—），男，博士，副教授

魏平（1984—），男，博士，教授。

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