Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 513-528.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-022-01468-6

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Phase Stability, Magnetic Properties, and Martensitic Transformation of Ni2−xMn1+x+ySn1−y Heusler Alloy with Excess Mn by First-Principles Calculations

Yu Zhang1, Jing Bai1,2(), Ziqi Guan1, Xinzeng Liang1, Yansong Li1,2, Jianglong Gu3(), Yudong Zhang4, Claude Esling4, Xiang Zhao1, Liang Zuo1   

  1. 1Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
    2Key Laboratory of Dielectric and Electrolyte Functional Material Hebei Province, School of Resources and Materials, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao 066004, PR China
    3State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
    4Laboratoire d’Étude des Microstructures et de Mécanique des Matériaux, UMR 7239, LEM3, CNRS, University of Lorraine, 57045 Metz, France
  • Received:2022-05-23 Revised:2022-07-14 Accepted:2022-08-09 Online:2023-03-10 Published:2022-09-28
  • Contact: Jing Bai,baijing@neuq.edu.cn;Jianglong Gu,gujianglong@ysu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The phase stability, magnetic properties, martensitic transformation, and electronic properties of the Ni2−xMn1+x+ySn1−y system with excess Mn have been systematically investigated by the first-principles calculations. Results indicate that the excess Mn atoms will directly occupy the sublattices of Ni (MnNi) or Sn (MnSn). The formation energy (Ef) of the austenite has a relationship with the Mn content: Ef = 135.27(1 + x + y) − 293.01, that is, the phase stability of the austenite decreases gradually with the increase in Mn content. According to the results of the formation energy of austenite, there is an antiparallel arrangement of the magnetic moment between the excess and normal Mn atoms in the Ni2−xMn1+x+ySn1−y (x = 0 or y = 0) system, while the magnetic moment direction of the normal Mn atoms arranges antiparallel to that of MnNi atoms and parallel to that of MnSn atoms in the Ni2−xMn1+x+ySn1−y (x, y ≠ 0) system. The martensitic transformation occurs in some Ni2−xMn1+x+ySn1−y (x, y ≠ 0) alloys with large magnetic moments of ferrimagnetic austenite. Besides, the valence electrons tend to distribute around the Ni or MnNi atoms and mainly bond with the normal Mn atoms. The results of this work can lay a theoretical foundation for further development of the Ni2−xMn1+x+ySn1−y system as the potential ferromagnetic shape memory alloys.

Key words: Ni-Mn-Sn, First-principles calculations, Phase stability, Magnetic property, Martensitic transformation