§Refractory complex concentrated alloy (RCCA) exploration and development has been enabled by plasma arc melting (PAM) §Sources of interstitial impurities and variations in PAM are not well documented Key Findings: §Established understanding of the driving forces for...
Our previous work revealed that the (Co,Cu,Mg,Ni,Zn)1-xNaxO system exhibits an electrically conductive layered grain boundary phase at high-temperature processing conditions (Figure A). This boundary phase is a P2 type NaxCoO2 layered structure that has not been...
Grain boundaries (GB), which can significantly hinder Li-ion transport, are the bottleneck of improving solid electrolytes’ ionic conductivity. The atomic structure and electrostatic characteristics of GBs thus become pivotal areas of study in materials science. In...
By increasing the sintering temperature to 1400 °C, the microstructure and chemical distribution of the HENA is significantly optimized. (Fig.1a-b, d-e) By introducing additive Zr into the HENA (sintered at 1400 °C), the microstructure and the compositional...
To design improved conductive and bio-compatible nanowires,we aim to understand their electronic structure and electron transfer mechanism, focusing on structure-property relationships. Over the last year, these calculations: •Elucidated the relationship between...
