scholarly journals Effect of deposition current density and annealing temperature on the microstructure and magnetic properties of nanostructured Ni-Fe-W-Cu alloys

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Spasojevic ◽  
Dusan Markovic ◽  
Miroslav Spasojevic ◽  
Zoran Vukovic ◽  
Aleksa Maricic ◽  
...  

Ni-Fe-W-Cu alloy powders were obtained by electrodeposition from an ammonium citrate bath at current densities ranging between 70 and 600 mA cm-2. As the deposition current density increased, the contents of Fe and W in the alloy increased, and those of Ni and Cu decreased. The total cathodic polarization curve was recorded, and partial polarization curves for Ni, Fe and W deposition and hydrogen evolution were determined. The current efficiency of alloy deposition was measured. The powders contained an amorphous matrix and FCC nanocrystals of the solid solution of Fe, W and Cu in Ni. At high current densities, small-sized nanocrystals exhibiting high internal microstrain values were formed. Powder particles were dendrite- and cauliflower-shaped. The dendrites had a large number of secondary branches and higher-order branches containing interconnected globules. The density of branches was higher in particles formed at high current densities. The powders formed at high current densities exhibited higher magnetization. Annealing at temperatures up to 460?C resulted in structural relaxation, accompanied by an increase in magnetization. At temperatures above 460?C, amorphous matrix crystallization and FCC crystal growth took place, accompanied by a decrease in magnetization.

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Spasojevic ◽  
Sinisa Randjic ◽  
Aleksa Maricic ◽  
Tomislav Trisovic ◽  
Milica Spasojevic

Nanostructured Ni-Fe-W-Cu alloy powders were electrodeposited from an alkaline ammonium citrate solution on a titanium cathode. Powder particles were dendrite- and cauliflower-shaped. The dendritic particles had a high density of branches made up of interconnected globules. XRD analysis showed that the powder contained an amorphous matrix and FCC nanocrystals of the solid solution of Fe, W and Cu in Ni. As the deposition current density increased, the mean nanocrystal size decreased, and the mean value of internal microstrain and the total weight percent of Fe and Ni in the alloy increased. The powders deposited at higher current densities exhibited higher magnetization. During annealing at temperatures up to 460?C, the powders underwent short-range ordering, which caused an increase in magnetization, whereas at temperatures above 460?C, the magnetization decreased due to the formation of large FCC crystalline grains.


2013 ◽  
Vol 829 ◽  
pp. 451-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Haeri far ◽  
Morteza Zandrahimi

In the present study 304 stainless steel (SS) was electrochemical plated with nanocrystallineMn-Cu alloy coatings from a bath containing ammonium sulfate.The electrochemical investigation of Mn-Cu electrodeposited films was managed by potentiodynamic scans and galvanostatic experiments. The effect of current density on the microstructure, crystallographic structure, and chemical composition of the deposits were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS), respectively.The results showed that Mn-Cu coatings obtained at low current density contain a large amount of Cu and heterogeneous microstructure, while at high current density uniform, compact, and amorphous coatings with a small amount of Cu was obtained. The results indicated that Cu co-deposition delayed the phase transformation of as-deposited ductile γ-Mn to the brittle and hard α-Mn. However, the results did not show any specific changes in grain size of the coatings with variation of current densities.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Flexer ◽  
Nicolas Brun ◽  
Mathieu Destribats ◽  
Rénal Backov ◽  
Nicolas Mano

ABSTRACTHere we report the first membrane-less biofuel cell made by using three-dimensional carbonaceous foam electrodes. We first developed a new synthetic pathway to produce a new carbonaceous foam electrode material with increased porosity both in the meso and macroporous scale. We proved that by increasing the porosity of our three-dimensional foams we could increase the current density of our modified electrodes. Then, by choosing the right combination of enzyme and mediator, and the right loading of active components, we achieved unprecedentedly high current densities for an anodic system. Finally, we combined the improved cathode and anode to build a new membrane-less hybrid enzymatic biofuel cell consisting of a mediated anode and a mediator-less cathode.


Author(s):  
Takashi Fujikawa ◽  
Yoshitoshi Ogura ◽  
Koki Ishigami ◽  
Yoshihiro Kawano ◽  
Miyuki Nagamine ◽  
...  

Abstract Geobacter sulfurreducens produces high current densities and it has been used as a model organism for extracellular electron transfer studies. Nine G. sulfurreducens strains were isolated from biofilms formed on an anode poised at –0.2 V (vs. SHE) in a bioelectrochemical system in which river sediment was used as an inoculum. The maximum current density of an isolate, strain YM18 (9.29 A/m2), was higher than that of the strains PCA (5.72 A/m2), the type strain of G. sulfurreducens, and comparable to strain KN400 (8.38 A/m2), which is another high current producing strain of G. sulfurreducens. Genomic comparison of strains PCA, KN400, and YM18 revealed that omcB, xapD, spc, and ompJ, which are known to be important genes for iron reduction and current production in PCA, were not present in YM18. In the PCA and KN400 genomes, two and one region (s) encoding CRISPR/Cas systems were identified, respectively, but they were missing in the YM18 genome. These results indicate that there is genetic variation in the key components involved in extracellular electron transfer among G. sulfurreducens strains.


2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Spasojevic ◽  
L. Ribic-Zelenovic ◽  
A. Maricic

Cobalt and nickel powders of three different compositions: Ni0.8Co0.2, Ni0.55Co0.45 and Ni0.2Co0.8 were obtained by electrodeposition from an ammonium chloride-sulphate solution. It was shown that the microstructure and morphology of the powders depended on the deposition current density as well as on the bath composition. Amorphous powder of Ni0.8Co0.2 was obtained at the current density higher than 200 mA cm-2, but nanocrystalline powders having the same composition were obtained at current densities lower than 200 mAcm-2. The nanocrystalline powders with lower Ni contents (0.55 and 0.2) obtained at a current density ranging from 40 mA cm-2 to 450 mA cm-2 were solid solutions of two phases, FCC (?-Ni) and HCP (?-Co) ones. The increase of the HCP phase in the powder was a result of both the Co content increase in the powder and decrease of the deposition current density.


Author(s):  
Xiulin Yang ◽  
Defei Liu ◽  
Shenghong Zhong ◽  
Xiaofeng Zhou ◽  
Kuo-Wei Huang ◽  
...  

Selective conversion of CO2 to formate with high current densities is highly desirable but still challenging. Copper hollow fibers with interconnected pore structures were fabricated via a facile method and used as a stand-alone cathode for highly efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate. Our studies revealed that delivering the reactant CO2 gas to the inner space of the hollow fiber could build up a higher CO2 partial pressure in the pores and presumably reduce the concentration of H[Formula: see text] from the electrolyte to effectively suppress the major competing reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), from 46.9% faradaic efficiency (FE) to 15.0%. A high selectivity for CO2 reduction to formate with a maximum FE of 77.1% was achieved with a high current density of 34.7[Formula: see text]mA cm[Formula: see text], which is one of the highest FEs on Cu-based materials. Mechanistic studies suggest that the abundant active sites along with the unique crystal facets induced by the high pressure of CO2 at the pore surface in the “gas in” mode are attributed to the superior electroactivity and selectivity for the CO2 reduction to formate. The Cu hollow fiber electrodes exhibit an outstanding long-term stability at high current density, showing great potential for large-scale practical applications.


Although the spectrum of the ordinary carbon arc has been studied in great detail during the last 70 years, there seems to have been no similar study of the “High Current Density” arc which was introduced by Beck in 1914. Spectrophotometrical measurements have been made in connection with the development of this type of arc for searchlights, and photographs of the spectra obtained from the total radiation from the arc have been published. The only account, however, of the spectrum from individual parts of the arc appears in a short note by Bell and Bassett. They examined an image of the arc on a ground glass screen with a direct vision spectroscope and reported that in the arc stream 15 lines appeared when the current exceeded 100 amperes. They attributed 7 of these to helium and 2 to hydrogen.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350002 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. SANATY-ZADEH ◽  
K. RAEISSI ◽  
A. SAIDI

Iron–Nickel nanocrystalline alloys were electrodeposited from a simple chloride bath using different current densities. The composition and grain size of deposited alloys were in the range of 29–42% Ni and 8–11 nm, respectively. The alloy deposited at lower current density showed higher microhardness, which is most probably due to its higher Fe content and lower grain size. EIS measurements showed that the iron hydroxide species can be formed and adsorbed onto the cathode surface during the deposition. Such species showed an inhibitive effect not only on Ni ion reduction but also on grain growth. By increasing the deposition current density, the adsorption tendency of iron hydroxide was reduced which caused an increase in grain size and Ni percentage of the alloy produced.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1035-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Gonzáz

Results on microstructure and coercivity of current-annealed Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 amorphous alloy treated at different current densities (12–56 A/mm2) and duration (0.5–720 min) are presented. Saturation magnetization and coercivity dependencies with the current density of the nanocrystalline samples is explained by considering the presence of two phases: nanocrystals of Fe(Si) body-centered cubic (bcc) grains and the residual amorphous matrix. An increase in the magnetic hardness observed when the sample was heated by current densities, giving rise to an increase in the sample temperature above the Curie point of the residual amorphous matrix, could be ascribed to exchange and dipolar decoupling of the Fe(Si)-bcc grains.


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