Magnetocaloric effect and slow magnetic relaxation behavior in binuclear rare earth based RE2(L)2(DMF)4 (RE = Gd, Tb, and Dy) complexes

Zhenqian Zhang, Yuwei Wu, Haifeng Wang, Lingwei Li

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Abstract

Three binuclear rare earth based complexes combining RE ions with semirigid tricarboxylic ligand (H3L), namely, [RE2(L)2(DMF)4] [RE = Gd, Tb, and Dy; H3L = 5-((4-Carboxybenzyl)oxy)isophthalic acid; DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide] complexes, were fabricated successfully. The RE2(L)2(DMF)4 complexes consist of two central RE ions with the same coordination environment which were connected by two tridentate bridging carboxylic groups and two syn–syn bidentate bridging carboxylic groups originating from the L3− ligands to form the {RE2} dimeric unit, and thus provides the basis for further constructing a dense three-dimensional (3D) network structure. Moreover, the present RE2(L)2(DMF)4 complexes can be described by a topology diagram with the topology point symbol of {42·6}2{44·62·87·102}. Weak anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) coupling between the adjacent RE ions for all the present complexes was found according to the magnetic calculations. The observed significant cryogenic magnetocaloric effect (MCE) with the maximum magnetic entropy change −ΔSMmax to be 26.3 J/(kg·K) with ΔH = 7 T in Gd2(L)2(DMF)4 complex makes it competitive for the cryogenic magnetic refrigerant. Moreover, the slow magnetic relaxation behavior at 0.2 T dc field with an obvious large Ueff/k = 45(4) K and τ0 = 6.5(2) × 10−10 s was confirmed in Dy2(L)2(DMF)4 complex. This work not only provides an effective strategy for obtaining molecular materials with high MCE, but also confirms that tricarboxylate ligands are the ideal choice for constructing stable high dimensional geometric structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)916-923
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Rare Earths
Volume40
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2022

Keywords

  • Magnetic properties
  • Magnetocaloric effect
  • Rare earth based complex
  • Slow magnetic relaxation bahavior.

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