La 0.8 Sr 0.2 Mn 1-x Co x O 3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3) samples were prepared via the conventional high-temperature solid-state reaction method. The effects of Co doping on Griffiths phase, magnetic entropy change, critical behavior, and electrical transport properties of La 0.8 Sr 0.2 MnO 3 (LSMO) polycrystalline samples were systematically investigated. Results show that the prepared polycrystalline samples all have rhombohedral symmetry structures with Griffiths phase above the low temperature magnetic transition temperature (T C2). When magnetic field is applied to the La 0.8 Sr 0.2 Mn 1-x Co x O 3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3) samples, the maximum magnetic entropy change ΔS max for 7 T is −2.88, −2.05, and −2.75 J/(kg•K), respectively. Doping of Co element makes ΔS max decrease first and then increase. The critical behavior of the parent phase fits best with the mean field model, and that of the sample after doping fits best with the 3D Heisenberg model. The mother phase is a semiconductor material, and the metal insulator transition appears near the low temperature magnetic transition temperature (T C2) when the Co element doping amount reaches 0.1. The conductivity of the three samples in high temperature region satisfies the small polaron model.
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