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Title: Resolving phase stability in the Ti-O binary with first-principles statistical mechanics methods

Abstract

The Ti-O system consists of a multitude of stable and metastable oxides that are used in wide ranging applications. In this work we investigate phase stability in the Ti-O binary from first principles. We perform a systematic search for ground state structures as a function of oxygen concentration by considering oxygen-vacancy and/or titanium-vacancy orderings over four parent crystal structures: (i) hcp Ti, (ii) ω-Ti, (iii) rocksalt, and (iv) hcp oxygen containing interstitial titanium. We explore phase stability at finite temperature using cluster expansion Hamiltonians and Monte Carlo simulations. The calculations predict a high oxygen solubility in hcp Ti and the stability of suboxide phases that undergo order-disorder transitions upon heating. Vacancy ordered rocksalt phases are also predicted at low temperature that disorder to form an extended solid solution at high temperatures. Predicted stable and metastable phase diagrams are qualitatively consistent with experimental observations, however, important discrepancies are revealed between first-principles density functional theory predictions of phase stability and the current understanding of phase stability in this system.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials
  2. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1544302
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1430563
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; DMR1436154
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Gunda, N. S. Harsha, Puchala, Brian, and Van der Ven, Anton. Resolving phase stability in the Ti-O binary with first-principles statistical mechanics methods. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.2.033604.
Gunda, N. S. Harsha, Puchala, Brian, & Van der Ven, Anton. Resolving phase stability in the Ti-O binary with first-principles statistical mechanics methods. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.2.033604
Gunda, N. S. Harsha, Puchala, Brian, and Van der Ven, Anton. Fri . "Resolving phase stability in the Ti-O binary with first-principles statistical mechanics methods". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.2.033604. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1544302.
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title = {Resolving phase stability in the Ti-O binary with first-principles statistical mechanics methods},
author = {Gunda, N. S. Harsha and Puchala, Brian and Van der Ven, Anton},
abstractNote = {The Ti-O system consists of a multitude of stable and metastable oxides that are used in wide ranging applications. In this work we investigate phase stability in the Ti-O binary from first principles. We perform a systematic search for ground state structures as a function of oxygen concentration by considering oxygen-vacancy and/or titanium-vacancy orderings over four parent crystal structures: (i) hcp Ti, (ii) ω-Ti, (iii) rocksalt, and (iv) hcp oxygen containing interstitial titanium. We explore phase stability at finite temperature using cluster expansion Hamiltonians and Monte Carlo simulations. The calculations predict a high oxygen solubility in hcp Ti and the stability of suboxide phases that undergo order-disorder transitions upon heating. Vacancy ordered rocksalt phases are also predicted at low temperature that disorder to form an extended solid solution at high temperatures. Predicted stable and metastable phase diagrams are qualitatively consistent with experimental observations, however, important discrepancies are revealed between first-principles density functional theory predictions of phase stability and the current understanding of phase stability in this system.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevmaterials.2.033604},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 3,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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