The invention belongs to the technical field of
magnetic refrigeration materials, and particularly relates to a
rare earth chloride borate
magnetic refrigeration material, a preparation method thereof and application of the
rare earth chloride borate
magnetic refrigeration material in magnetic
refrigeration. The
chemical formula of the
rare earth chloride borate magnetic
refrigeration material is Eu5RE (III) (BO3) 4Cl,
metal RE is Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er or Tm and belongs to a
hexagonal crystal system, and the
space group is P63mc. The rare earth chloride borate magnetic
refrigeration material has a magnetothermal effect with
low magnetic field drive near the temperature of
liquid helium, the maximum magnetic entropy change of the rare earth chloride borate magnetic refrigeration material is larger than or equal to 19.6 J.kg <-1 >. K <-1 > at the temperature of 2.5 K when the
magnetic field change is 0-1 T, the maximum magnetic entropy change of the rare earth chloride borate magnetic refrigeration material is larger than or equal to 31.7 J.kg <-1 >. K <-1 > at the temperature of 3.5 K when the
magnetic field change is 0-2 T, and the maximum magnetic entropy change of the rare earth chloride borate magnetic refrigeration material is larger than or equal to 31.7 J.kg <-1 >. K <-1 >. The maximum magnetic entropy change is greater than or equal to 52.0 J.kg <-1 >. K <-1 > when the
magnetic field change is 0-5 T at the temperature of 3.5 K, the magnetic refrigeration material is obviously superior to many disclosed magnetic refrigeration materials at present, and the magnetic refrigeration material is expected to be applied to a
liquid helium temperature region magnetic refrigeration technology on the basis that the magnetic refrigeration material shows excellent magnetocaloric performance near the
liquid helium temperature.