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Composition Optimization Design and Hydrogen Transport Property of Nb-Ti-Fe Hydrogen Permeation Alloys |
GE Xiaoyu1, YAN Erhu1,2,*, CHEN Yuncan1, HUANG Renjun1, CHENG Jian1, WANG Hao1, LIU Wei1, CHU Hailiang1, ZOU Yongjin1, XU Fen1, SUN Lixian1,*
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1 Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, China 2 State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China |
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Abstract Currently, the development of alloy membrane materials with cheap and excellent hydrogen permeability around ⅤB group metals (Nb, V and Ta) and their alloys has become a hot research topic. Hence, the Nb-Ti-Fe hydrogen permeation alloy system was studied in detail in this work, especially Nb10Ti50+xFe40-x and Nb15Ti45+xFe40-x(x=0, 5, 10) alloys. Firstly, the microstructure characteristics were analyzed by SEM, EDS and XRD. Based on this, the hydrogen transport property of these alloys, such as hydrogen permeability, hydrogen diffusivity and hydrogen solubility, were measured using the hydrogen permeability tester and the Devanathan-Stachurski electrolytic cell. Finally, the intrinsic relationship among alloy composition, microstructure and hydrogen transport property was clarified. The results show that the six Nb-Ti-Fe ternary alloys all exhibit the characteristics of dual-phase structure, consisting of TiFe phase and α-Nb phase, although the individual component contains a small amount of NbFe phase. Furthermore, as the Ti/Fe ratio increases (i.e., x value↑), the volume fraction of the eutectic phase increases. On the contrary, the content of the primary TiFe phase decreases. With the above changes, the hydrogen permeability gradually increases, but the hydrogen embrittlement resistance becomes poor. The above results further confirm that the primary TiFe phase and the eutectic phase in the microstructure play the role of hydrogen embrittlement resistance, while the α-Nb phase mainly contributes to hydrogen permeability. The Nb10Ti55-Fe35 alloy exhibits the optimal hydrogen permeability at 673 K, i.e., its hydrogen permeability coefficient is 3.28×10-8 mol H2 m-1·s-1·Pa-1/2, which is 2.1 times than that of pure Pd, and also far better than that of the Nb12Ti52Fe36 (2.9×10-8 mol H2 m-1·s-1·Pa-1/2) reported in the literature. This work proves that the microstructure of alloys can be adjusted through the composition optimization design, so as to obtain Nb-Ti-Fe hydrogen permeation alloy with good comprehensive properties.
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Received: 25 September 2022
Published: 25 September 2022
Online: 2022-09-26
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Fund:The National Natural Science Foundation of China (52161034, 51761009, U20A20237, 51863005, 51462006, 51102230, 52101245, 51871065, 51971068), Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (2020GXNSFAA159163, 2021GXNSFBA075057), Guangxi Bagui Scholar Foundation,ChinesischDeutsche Kooperationsgruppe (GZ1528), the Scientific Research and Technology Development Program of Guangxi (AA19182014, AD17195073, AA17202030-1, AB21220027), the Innovation Project of Guet Graduate Education (2019YCXS109) and the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials (211012-Z). |
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