Recent progress of vanadium-based alloys for fusion application

SN Jiang, FJ Zhou, GW Zhang, XO Yi, CW Yu, XJ Wang… - Tungsten, 2021 - Springer
Low-activation vanadium alloys, with the reference composition of V–4Cr–4Ti have been
considered as one of the most promising candidate materials for structural components such …

A review of solute-point defect interactions in vanadium and its alloys: first-principles modeling and simulation

PB Zhang, JJ Zhao, TT Zou, RH Li, PF Zheng, JM Chen - Tungsten, 2021 - Springer
Vanadium alloys are the promising first wall and blanket materials for fusion reactors. Large
amounts of helium (He) and hydrogen (H) impurities are produced inside the materials …

Design of LPSO-introduced Mg96Y2Zn2 alloy and its improved hydrogen storage properties catalyzed by in-situ formed YH2

J Zhang, X Ding, R Chen, W Cao, Y Su… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The long period stacking ordered (LPSO) structure in Mg-based alloy presents a high
content of Mg and evenly-dispersed transition metal (TM) and rare earth (RE) elements …

Effect of Ti-rich precipitation on mechanical properties of vanadium alloy after aging treatment

S Jiang, X Wang, F Zhou, S Zhang, W Rao, R Wei… - Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract V-4Cr-4Ti alloys currently constitute advanced candidate materials for the blanket of
future fusion reactors. Precipitations occur in the working environment of V-4Cr-4Ti alloy and …

Free energy change of a dislocation due to a Cottrell atmosphere

RB Sills, W Cai - Philosophical Magazine, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The free energy reduction of a dislocation due to a Cottrell atmosphere of solutes is
computed using a continuum model. We show that the free energy change is composed of …

Bubbles and precipitates formation and effects on the hardening of irradiated vanadium alloys

S Jiang, C Yu, P Zheng, L Guo, X Zhou… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the formation of bubbles and precipitates and the hardening effects
in V–4Cr–4Ti alloy after irradiation of He and H ions and post-irradiation annealing …

Interactions of alloying Cr/Ti with substitutional solutes and self-interstitial atoms in vanadium

P Zhang, M Wei, X Wang, T Zou, J Zhao, Y Wei… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
The interactions between alloying Ti/Cr and 14 substitutional solutes/self-interstitial atoms
(SIAs) and stability of small interstitial Cr m/Ti m clusters and Ti/Cr-SIA mixed clusters in …

[HTML][HTML] Segregation of alloying elements at the TiC/V interface: A first-principles study

T Wu, P Zhang, J Tang, L Wang, L Deng, Y Wu… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
For precipitation/matrix coherent interface, the interfacial segregation behavior of solute
atom plays a vital role in controlling the effectiveness of precipitation strengthening of the …

Interaction of Ti and Cr atoms with point defects in bcc vanadium: a DFT study

AO Boev, DA Aksyonov, AI Kartamyshev… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
The development of low-swelling radiation-resistant alloys is vital for the creation of reliable
fusion reactors. In this article, we revisit the long-standing problem of very low radiation …

Interactions of solute atoms with self-interstitial atoms/clusters in vanadium: A first-principles study

P Zhang, M Wei, Y Li, J Zhao, P Zheng… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
The interactions of solute atoms with self-interstitial atoms (SIA)/clusters and their effect on
stability of single SIAs and small SIA clusters in vanadium (V) were investigated using first …