Effect of B-doping on the structural, magnetotransport and magnetocaloric properties of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 compounds

In this study, the effect of Mn site substitution of B on the structural, electrical and magnetocaloric properties of manganites was investigated. Polycrystalline manganites with the chemical composition La0.67Ca0.33Mn1−xBxO3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3) were prepared by the standard solid-state process. It was found that the magnetisation, the Curie temperature and the maximum value of the magnetic entropy change |ΔSm| decrease with increasing concentration of B.