Compositionally complex carbide ceramics: A perspective on irradiation damage

Trinh, Lanh; Wang, Fei; Bawane, Kaustubh; Hattar, Khalid; Hua, Zilong; Malakkal, Linu; He, Lingfeng; Wadle, Luke; Lu, Yongfeng; Cui, Bai

doi:10.1063/5.0202275

Compositionally complex carbide ceramics: A perspective on irradiation damage

Journal Article · Wed May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0202275· OSTI ID:2396595

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Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)

Extensive experimental and computational studies have demonstrated outstanding physical and chemical properties of the novel materials of compositionally complex carbides (CCCs), enabling their promising applications in advanced fission and fusion energy systems. This perspective provides a comprehensive overview of radiation damage behavior reported in the literature to understand the fundamental mechanisms related to the impact of multi-principal metal components on phase stability, irradiation-induced defect clusters, irradiation hardening, and thermal conductivity of compositionally complex carbides. Several future research directions are recommended to critically evaluate the feasibility of designing and developing new ceramic materials for extreme environments using the transformative “multi-principal component” concept. Compared to the existing materials for nuclear applications including stainless steels, nickel alloys, ZrC, SiC, and potentially high-entropy alloys, as well as certain other compositionally complex ceramic families. CCCs appear to be more resistant to amorphization, growth of irradiation defect clusters, and void swelling.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC07-05ID14517; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 2396595

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU--24-76326-Rev000

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 135; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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