Bimetallic alloys could form three typical structures including solid solution,heterostructure,and intermetallic compound,depending on the interactions between identical and different atoms.Although the trend can be p...Bimetallic alloys could form three typical structures including solid solution,heterostructure,and intermetallic compound,depending on the interactions between identical and different atoms.Although the trend can be predicted by the types of binary phase diagram,different synthetic protocols will trap the system in various kinetic intermediates among the three typical structures.Herein,we studied the phase evolution and elemental segregation in the alloy nanoparticles of immiscible Pd-Ru before and after thermal annealing.By developing an analysis method of local element segregation(LES)based on the energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS)mapping signals,we were able to quantify the mixing of Pd and Ru atoms during the gradual phase transition from face-centered cubic(fcc)to hexagonal close packed(hcp).Density functional theory was also applied to calculate the energies of all possible PdRu4 structures(93 fcc models and 267 hcp models),which helps to rationalize the phase transition and element segregation.The annealing process also leads to the change of the electronic structure,which further influences the performance in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction.The highest activity of PdRu4-400 was largely attributed to the proper interface between the Pd-rich fcc phase and Ru-rich hcp phase,as revolved by the above methods.展开更多
Commercially pure(CP)titanium is thermally processed and subjected to biaxial stress.However,the evolution of the microstructural deformation mechanisms under such circumstances is not adequately understood.In this st...Commercially pure(CP)titanium is thermally processed and subjected to biaxial stress.However,the evolution of the microstructural deformation mechanisms under such circumstances is not adequately understood.In this study,the mechanical responses and microstructural deformation mechanisms of TA2 CP titanium sheets under equi-biaxial loading at room temperature(RT),300℃,and 400℃were studied.The activated slip and twinning systems were investigated by transmission electron microscopy(TEM)after polished cruciform specimens were biaxially tensile-tested at RT and elevated temperatures.The results show that{11¯22}contraction twinning and{10¯12}extension twinning are the main deforma-tion mechanisms of RT biaxial deformation,while dislocation glide is predominant in biaxial deformation at 300℃and 400℃.This difference yields varied work-hardening behaviors at RT and elevated tem-peratures.In biaxial deformation at 400℃,the main slip trace type is multiple slip.The interaction of different slip systems in multiple slip created shear deformation concentration areas and further induced cross-slip.However,in biaxial deformation at 300℃,the amounts of simplex and multiple slip were significantly reduced compared to those at 400℃because the lower temperature increased the critical resolved shear stress and insufficient activated slip systems were available for grain deformation.There-fore,several stress-concentration areas were generated with the activation of cross-slip.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin,China(No.22175127)Institute of Energy,Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center(No.19KZS207).
文摘Bimetallic alloys could form three typical structures including solid solution,heterostructure,and intermetallic compound,depending on the interactions between identical and different atoms.Although the trend can be predicted by the types of binary phase diagram,different synthetic protocols will trap the system in various kinetic intermediates among the three typical structures.Herein,we studied the phase evolution and elemental segregation in the alloy nanoparticles of immiscible Pd-Ru before and after thermal annealing.By developing an analysis method of local element segregation(LES)based on the energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS)mapping signals,we were able to quantify the mixing of Pd and Ru atoms during the gradual phase transition from face-centered cubic(fcc)to hexagonal close packed(hcp).Density functional theory was also applied to calculate the energies of all possible PdRu4 structures(93 fcc models and 267 hcp models),which helps to rationalize the phase transition and element segregation.The annealing process also leads to the change of the electronic structure,which further influences the performance in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction.The highest activity of PdRu4-400 was largely attributed to the proper interface between the Pd-rich fcc phase and Ru-rich hcp phase,as revolved by the above methods.
基金support from the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFA0405901),National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51875398),the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(No.2019ZDZX0001)the Science and Technology on Reactor System Design Technology Laboratory,Nuclear Power Institute of China.In addition,we would like to thank Zhejiang Institute of Tianjin University,Ningbo.
文摘Commercially pure(CP)titanium is thermally processed and subjected to biaxial stress.However,the evolution of the microstructural deformation mechanisms under such circumstances is not adequately understood.In this study,the mechanical responses and microstructural deformation mechanisms of TA2 CP titanium sheets under equi-biaxial loading at room temperature(RT),300℃,and 400℃were studied.The activated slip and twinning systems were investigated by transmission electron microscopy(TEM)after polished cruciform specimens were biaxially tensile-tested at RT and elevated temperatures.The results show that{11¯22}contraction twinning and{10¯12}extension twinning are the main deforma-tion mechanisms of RT biaxial deformation,while dislocation glide is predominant in biaxial deformation at 300℃and 400℃.This difference yields varied work-hardening behaviors at RT and elevated tem-peratures.In biaxial deformation at 400℃,the main slip trace type is multiple slip.The interaction of different slip systems in multiple slip created shear deformation concentration areas and further induced cross-slip.However,in biaxial deformation at 300℃,the amounts of simplex and multiple slip were significantly reduced compared to those at 400℃because the lower temperature increased the critical resolved shear stress and insufficient activated slip systems were available for grain deformation.There-fore,several stress-concentration areas were generated with the activation of cross-slip.