Recent Advances on Preparation Method of Ti-Based Hydrogen Storage Alloy

Ti-based hydrogen storage alloy is one of the most common solid-state hydrogen storage materials due to its high hydrogen absorption capacity, low dehydrogenation temperature and rich resources. This paper mainly presents the influence of several different preparation methods of Ti-based hydrogen storage alloys on the hydrogen storage performance including traditional preparation methods (smelting, rapid quenching and mechanical alloying) and novel methods by plastic deformation (cold rolling, equal channel angular pressing and high-pressure torsion). The microstructure analysis and hydrogen storage properties of Ti-based alloy are summarized thoroughly corresponding with the preparation processes mentioned above. It was found that slight introduction of lattice defects including dislocation, grain boundary, sub-grain boundary and cracks by severe plastic deformation (SPD) was beneficial to improve the hydriding/dehydriding kinetic characteristic. However, the nonuniform composition and residual stress of the alloy may be caused by SPD, which is not conducive to the improvement of hydrogen storage capacity. In the future, it would be expected that new methods and technologies combined with dopant and modification are applied to Ti-based hydrogen storage alloys to make breakthroughs in practical application.

Effect of Er_(30)Cu_(70) on microstructure and properties of sintered Nd-Fe-B by grain boundary reconstruction

Usually it is generally believed that the Er element forms the Er_(2)Fe_(14)B phase,which will seriously deteriorate the magnetic properties.Distinctly,here we report the balance of corrosion resistance and coercivity in Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets through using simple Er_(30)Cu_(70) additive whose price is much lower than Dy and Tb.By reasonably controlling Er_(30)Cu_(70) addition,the corrosion resistance is improved at the minimum limit of reducing the magnetic properties.Through studying the influence mechanism of Er element,it is found that the main effect of Er elements is to replace the Nd elements at the edge of the main phase grains to form a(Er,Nd)_(2)Fe_(14)B shell with low H_(A),resulting in the reduction of magnetic properties.The improvement of corrosion resistance mainly comes from the more stable Cu element introduced at the grain boundary.At the same time,the target magnets also show different advantages under different heat treatment methods.Above findings may spur progress towards developing the lowcost permanent magnets that rival the commercial Nd-Fe-B counterpart.

Effects of Sm-doping on microstructure,magnetic and microwave absorption properties of BiFeO_(3)

In this paper,polycrystalline samples of Bi_(1-x)Sm_(x)FeO_(3)(x=0,0.05,0.1,0.15) were successfully synthesized by sol-gel method.The effects of Sm concentration on the crystal structure,morphology,chemical states,magnetic properties and microwave absorption performance were studied by X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),a vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM) and a Vector network analyzer(VNA),respectively.The results show that the rare earth Sm doping causes the crystal structure to change.When x≤0.1,Bi_(1-x)Sm_(x)FeO_(3) is the distorted rhombohedral structure with space group R3c.With the increase of Sm doping amount to x=0.15,the phase structure of Bi_(1-x)Sm_(x)FeO_(3) changes from rhombohedral structure to cubic structure with the space group Pm3 m.The particle size decreases with the increase of the Sm doping amount.The analysis results show that Sm doping can effectively reduce the oxygen vacancies and significantly improve its magnetic properties.The results exhibit that moderately doped rare earth Sm element can effectively improve microwave absorption properties of Bi_(1-x)Sm_(x)FeO_(3) powders.When Sm doping amount of x is 0.1,the Bi_(0.9)Sm_(0.1)FeO_(3) compound has good microwave absorption performance,and the minimum reflection loss value of Bi_(0.9)Sm_(0.1)FeO_(3) powder reaches about-32.9 dB at11.7 GHz,and its effective absorption bandwidth(RL <-10 dB) is 2.6 GHz with the optimal matching thickness of 2.0 mm.

Phase diagrams of permanent magnet alloys: Binary rare earth alloy systems

Thermodynamic optimization of the binary rare earth alloy(Cee La, Cee Pr, Cee Nd and Lae Nd) systems was performed in this work through the CALPHAD method based on the critical evaluation of all available phase diagram and thermodynamic data reported in the literature. During the thermodynamic modeling, the solution phases including liquid, bcc, fcc and dhcp, were treated as the substitutional solution model. Thermodynamic parameters of the stable phases in the Cee La, Cee Pr, Cee Nd and Lae Nd binary systems are obtained finally and would be used directly to develop the thermodynamic database of the multi-component Nde Fee B-based alloys, which is indispensable for designing alloy compositions and processes of Nde Fee B permanent magnets with highly abundant rare earth metals.

Effect of wheel speed on phase formation and magnetic properties of (Nd_(0.4)La_(0.6))-Fe-B melt-spun ribbons

The effect of wheel speed on phase formation and magnetic properties of （Ndo.4La0.6）lsFeTzsBzs and （Ndo.4La0.6）13.4Fe79.9B6.7 ribbons prepared by melt-spinning method was investigated experimentally. Based on X-ray diffraction results, all melt-spun ribbons consist of the main phase with the tetragonal 2：14：1 type structure and the minor α-Fe phase. Magnetic measurements show the maximum magnetic energy product （（BH）max） and the remanence （Mr） increases firstly and then decreases with the increase of wheel speed, while the coercivity （Hci） increases, resulting from the variation of the average volume fraction of the ^-Fe phase and the average grain size in the melt-spun ribbons. Using Henkel plots, the interaction between the 2：14：1 phase and the ^-Fe phase in the melt-spun ribbons was analyzed and the intergranular exchange coupling is manifested. Optimal magnetic properties of Hci - 7.27 kOe, Mr - 90.94 emu/g and （BH）max -- 12.10 MGOe are achieved in the （Ndo.4La0.6）lsFeTzsBT.s ribbon with the wheel speed of 26 m/s. It indicates that magnetic properties of Nd-Fe-B melt-spun ribbons with highly abundant rare earth element La can be improved by optimizing alloy composition and preparation process.

Influence of A-site doping barium on structure,magnetic and microwave absorption properties of LaFeO_(3)ceramics powders

In this paper,the effect of Ba^(2+)ions A-site doping LaFeO_(3)on structure,magnetic properties and microwave absorption properties was investigated by the sol-gel method.According to the TEM and FullProf refinement results,the structure of LaFeO_(3)changes from orthogonal(SG:Pnma)to cubic(SG:Pm-3 m)when the Ba doping amount is x=0.4.The SEM image shows that the particles size tends to decrease with the increase of Ba content.The production of weak ferromagnetism indicates that Ba doping has a significant effect on the magnetic properties of LaFeO_(3).The Neel temperature(TN)decreases significantly with the increase of Ba doping amount.An appropriate amount of Ba doping can effectively increase the dielectric and magnetic loss of LaFeO_(3)ceramics powders.The increase permittivity(ε’andε″)may be attributed to the hopping of the electrons between the Fe^(3+)and Fe^(4+)ions with the Ba^(2+)ions doping.The minimum reflection loss(RL_(min))of La_(0.9)Ba_(0.1)FeO_(3)at 6.72 GHz reaches-30.04 dB,its effective bandwidth(RL≤-10 dB)is 2.1 GHz,and the matching thickness is only 3.2 mm.These results indicate that Ba doping can effectively control the microwave absorption properties of LaFeO_(3),especially in the Cband.

Improvement in magnetic properties,corrosion resistance and microstructure of Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets through intergranular addition of Tb_(68)Ni_(32)

New energy vehicles and offshore wind power industries have a high demand for sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets with high intrinsic coercivity and high corrosion resistance.In this study,the magnetic properties,anticorrosion properties,and micro structure of Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets with the intergranular addition of low-melting-point eutectic Tb_(68)Ni_(32) alloy powders were investigated.The aim is to determine if the addition of Tb_(68)Ni_(32) can improve these properties.A low melting-point eutectic alloy Tb_(68)Ni_(32) powders was prepared as a grain boundary additive and blended with the master alloy powders prior to sintering.The coercivity of the resultant magnets gradually increases from 1468 to 2151 kA/m by adding increasing amounts of Tb_(68)Ni_(32).At the same time,the remanence first increases and then slightly decreases.After studying the microstructure and elemental composition of the Tb_(68)Ni_(32) added magnets,it is found that the significant increase in coercivity and the negligible reduction in remanence is due to densificatio n,improved grain orientation,a unifo rm and continuous boundary phase distribution,as well as the generation of a(Nd,Pr,Tb)_(2) Fe_(14)B "core-shell" structure surrounding the main-phase grain.Moreover,the corrosion resistance of the magnet is greatly improved owing to the enhancement of electrochemical stability,as well as the optimization of the distribution and morphology of the intergranular phase.