A secondary magnetic transition (spin reorientation transition) below Curie temperature in ErNi was observed via different characterization techniques. Ho-substitution for Er atoms has a great impact on the magnetic property and magnetocaloric effect. The two magnetic transitions change close to each other with 10% of Ho-substitution at the Er site. It is also found that 10% of Ho-substitution contributes up to ∼14.9% of enhancement on the maximal magnetic entropy change (ΔSM) and ∼21.9% of enhancement on the maximal adiabatic temperature change (ΔTad). The maximum value of ΔSM and ΔTad for Ho0.1Er0.9Ni compound is as high as 34 J/kg K and 8.9 K, respectively, under a field change of 0–5 T. The relationship between the maximal ΔSM and the refrigerant temperature width (δTFWHM) for HoxEr1-xNi (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds is analyzed. The enhancement of MCE for Ho0.1Er0.9Ni compound is considered to be resulted from the tendency of merging of spin reorientation transition and ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition.
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