He bubble-driven growth of W fuzz during the interaction between H2/He plasmas and W materials

WY Ni, HY Fan, CJ Niu, Y Zhang, L Liu, YQ Cui, DP Liu - Tungsten, 2021 - Springer
The tungsten (W) material as the divertor of fusion reactors is exposed to low-energy and
high-flux He/H isotope irradiation, leading to the growth of fuzz layers. The W fuzz growth …

Tensile stress-driven cracking of W fuzz over W crystal under fusion-relevant He ion irradiations

H Fan, Y Zhang, D Liu, C Niu, L Liu, W Ni, Y Xia… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Although W fuzz is formed in the divertor region of the fusion reactor, no theory may clearly
explain the W fuzz growth mechanism. In this study, we observe the growth process of W …

Modeling W fuzz growth over polycrystalline W due to He ion irradiations at an elevated temperature

W Ni, C Niu, Y Zhang, L Liu, Y Cui, H Fan, D Liu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the physical processes, such as the collisions of energetic He ions in a fuzz layer,
He+ implantations into W bulk, and surface erosion of W fuzz layer, we have modeled the …

Material migration in W and Mo during bubble growth and fuzz formation

MI Patino, D Nishijima, M Tokitani, D Nagata… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Growth of helium (He) induced bubbles and fuzz in tungsten (W) and molybdenum (Mo) is
investigated using samples of W films on Mo substrates and Mo films on W substrates …

Study on the microstructural evolution in NbMoTaW series refractory multi-principal element alloy films by low-energy and high-flux He ions irradiation

Y Guo, P Zhang, X Zhang, Y Cui, X Mei, X Li… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the nanocrystalline NbMoTaW and NbMoTaWV refractory multi-principal
element alloy (RMPEA) films were selected for the research of low-energy (50 eV), high-flux …

An improved model for the prediction of He bubbles driven W fuzz growth at different temperatures

W Liu, C Niu, H Fan, W Ni, Y Zhang, D Liu - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on our previous study (J. Nucl. Mater. 550 (2021) 152917), an improved model used
to predict the W fuzz growth over W targets is presented by considering the complex physical …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of hydrogen bubbles during ion irradiation and annealing in molybdenum for neutral beam injection inductively coupled plasma source

Y Cui, N Lu, C Niu, J Lv, W Liu, C Chen, W Ni… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Molybdenum (Mo) is considered as a promising plasma-facing material, which is expected
to be used in the manufacture of critical components for the neutral beam injection (NBI) …

[HTML][HTML] Hole formation effect on surface morphological response of plasma-facing tungsten

CS Chen, D Dasgupta, BD Wirth… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We report simulation results on the effect of helium (He) bubble bursting-mediated surface
hole formation on the surface morphological response of tungsten plasma-facing …

Effect of helium flux on near-surface helium accumulation in plasma-exposed tungsten

G Nandipati, KD Hammond, D Maroudas… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report results of object kinetic Monte Carlo (OKMC) simulations to understand the effect
of helium flux on the near-surface helium accumulation in plasma-facing tungsten, which is …

Evaluating surface damage behavior of W-(Y0. 9La0. 1) 2O3 composites during spark plasma sintering process improvement

G Yao, XP Liu, ZY Zhao, ZH Zhao, LM Luo… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, W-(Y 0.9 La 0.1) 2 O 3 composite powders are fabricated by means of a
combination of wet chemical method and spark plasma sintering. We systematically study …