Unraveling the Early-Stage Ordering of Krypton Solid Bubbles in Molybdenum: A Multimodal Study

Jossou, Ericmoore; Schneider, Anton; Sun, Cheng; Zhang, Yongfeng; Chodankar, Shirish; Nykypanchuk, Dmytro; Gan, Jian; Ecker, Lynne; Gill, Simerjeet K.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05591

Unraveling the Early-Stage Ordering of Krypton Solid Bubbles in Molybdenum: A Multimodal Study

Journal Article · Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05591· OSTI ID:1835120

^[1]; Schneider, Anton ^[2]; ^[3]; Zhang, Yongfeng ^[2]; Chodankar, Shirish ^[1]; Nykypanchuk, Dmytro ^[1]; ^[3]; Ecker, Lynne ^[1]; ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Self-organization of defects such as fission gas bubbles in materials can lead to high inventory capacity for fission gas storage and help mitigate swelling caused by fission gases in nuclear fuel materials under radiation in nuclear reactors. Here, we report the physical mechanism of self-organization of krypton (Kr) gas bubbles in molybdenum (Mo) under ion implantation. The ion fluence and temperature-dependent formation of Kr solid bubble superlattice (SBS) in Mo were investigated by using both synchrotron-based small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Early stage self-organization of gas bubbles is observed at a fluence of 2.5 × 10¹⁶ ions/cm² at temperatures of 300–400 °C. The bubble lattice constant increases with increasing implantation temperature from 300 to 400 °C. Both experiments and atomic kinetic Monte Carlo modeling indicate that the Kr solid bubbles are weakly ordered in comparison to previously studied helium (He) gas bubble superlattice (GBS) while the lattice constant are relatively smaller for Kr SBS compared to that of He GBS. The irradiation conditions suggest that spinodal decomposition, which is a form of phase separation, probably precedes gas bubble ordering in Mo. Altogether, our work sheds light on the formation mechanism of noble gas superlattice toward the development of radiation-tolerant materials which are important for the design of advanced nuclear reactors.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517; SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1835120

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1897651

Report Number(s):: BNL--222467-2021-JAAM; INL/JOU-22-68805-Rev000

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Issue: 42 Vol. 125; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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