{"title":"Tailoring the Product Selectivity of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at Copper-Tin Composite Oxide Nanofibers","authors":"Subin Choi, Taehui Kwon, Youngmi Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178574","url":null,"abstract":"Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>RR) has been receiving attention as an attractive technique to convert CO<sub>2</sub> into various useful resources. Because CO<sub>2</sub>RR generally produces diverse products and competes with hydrogen reduction reaction (HER), the development of efficient electrocatalysts exhibiting high product selectivity is required. This paper demonstrates a simple approach to synthesize Cu-Sn bimetallic oxide nanofibers with various Cu/Sn composition ratios using electrospinning and post-calcination. The prepared nanofibers (denoted as Cu<sub>1</sub>Sn<sub><em>x</em></sub>O<sub><em>y</em></sub>, <em>x</em> = 0.5, 1, 2) showed excellent electrocatalytic activity and product selectivity for CO<sub>2</sub>RR, which were drastically improved from those of single metal oxides (i.e, CuO and SnO<sub>2</sub>). Of great importance, the product selectivity could be finely controlled by changing the Cu/Sn content ratio in Cu<sub>1</sub>Sn<sub><em>x</em></sub>O<sub><em>y</em></sub> nanofibers. In fact, Cu-enriched Cu<sub>1</sub>Sn<sub>0.5</sub>O<sub><em>y</em></sub> showed nearly exclusive faradaic efficiency (FE) for carbon monoxide (CO) at −0.8 V<sub>RHE</sub> (~95%); and Sn-enriched Cu<sub>1</sub>Sn<sub>2</sub>O<sub><em>y</em></sub> exhibited high FE for formic acid at −0.9 V<sub>RHE</sub> (~91%), supporting the exceptionally high selectivity to CO and formic acid, respectively. In addition, both Cu<sub>1</sub>Sn<sub>0.5</sub>O<sub><em>y</em></sub> and Cu<sub>1</sub>Sn<sub>2</sub>O<sub><em>y</em></sub> nanofibers barely generated hydrogen during CO<sub>2</sub>RR, suppressing HER successfully.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carbon nanowire modified Nextel 610/SiOC composites with gradient periodic structure for enhanced broadband electromagnetic-wave absorption performance at elevated temperatures","authors":"Fan Yang, Yongpeng Dong, Yuqiu Wang, Jimei Xue, Shangwu Fan, Xiaomeng Fan, Laifei Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178527","url":null,"abstract":"For electromagnetic wave absorbing ceramic matrix composites, it is crucial to control the loss mechanism to achieve stable high-temperature broadband absorption performance. In this work, multiscale structural design is utilized to enrich EMW loss mechanism, synergistically improving the EMW absorption capacity and bandwidth. Firstly, based on the tunability of the fiber preform, three-dimensional carbon fiber periodic units were constructed on an N610 fiber cloth. Then, the intrinsic electromagnetic properties of the N610 fibers were modified by introducing nanoscale absorption units, namely carbon nanowires. The carbon nanowires were diffusely distributed in transparent N610/SiOC composites by controlling the reaction conditions, forming a large number of heterogeneous interfaces and conductive networks. The carbon fiber and carbon nanowires, together with the notable conductivity difference with respect to the N610/SiOC composites, significantly enhance the polarization loss and conductive loss. Besides, the periodically arranged carbon fibers can trap the incident EMWs and reduce their transmission, promoting reflection, scattering, and absorption. The designed N610/SiOC composites exhibit superior EMW absorption performance from room temperature to 600 ℃, with a reflection loss less than −8<!-- --> <!-- -->dB across the entire investigated band and an effective absorption bandwidth exceeding 10.7<!-- --> <!-- -->GHz at 4–18<!-- --> <!-- -->GHz. This innovative multiscale design approach, characterized by a discrete distribution of absorbing units with a high electronegativity difference, represents a fresh avenue for advancing the development of high-temperature and wide-band EMW-absorbing CMCs.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simplifying the microstructure and improving the corrosion resistance of the FeCoCrNiNbx high-entropy alloys via homogenizing annealing heat treatment","authors":"Chang Liu, Decheng Kong, Qingbiao Tan, Jian He, Rui Wang, Guoliang Zhu, Baode Sun, Yong Zou","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178565","url":null,"abstract":"FeCoCrNiNb<sub>x</sub> high-entropy alloys were subjected to a homogenizing annealing heat treatment at 1200 ℃ for 4<!-- --> <!-- -->h, which simplified the microstructure of the alloys and reduced the degree of compositional segregation. After heat treatment, FeCoCrNi alloy still maintained the single-phase FCC structure, and the grains grew into coarser columnar crystals reducing the number of grains; the intergranular eutectic FCC phase of FeCoCrNiNb<sub>x</sub> (x=0.15, 0.33) alloys disappeared and the segregated Laves phase content in FeCoCrNiNb<sub>x</sub> (x=0.15, 0.33, 0.5) alloys was significantly reduced. The special Ostwald ripening phenomenon was discovered in the FeCoCrNiNb<sub>0.5</sub> alloy. The homogenizing heat treatment drastically raised the work function (WF) of the alloys by nearly a factor of one, improved the homogeneity of WF distribution in each phase, and weakened the tendency of selective dissolution; moreover, it also improved the compactness of the alloys' passive films, significantly decreased the maintaining passivation current density of the passive films by more than one order of magnitude, enhanced the tendency of the alloys repassivation, and ultimately improved the corrosion resistance of the alloys in 3.5<!-- --> <!-- -->wt.% NaCl solution. The thermodynamic calculation of alloy phase diagrams is of vital significance in guiding the design of alloy compositions, optimizing heat treatment processes, and improving alloy properties.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Chen, J. Chen, X.N. Li, N. Zhou, L.Y. Zhang, C.Y. Ma, Q.Y. Zhang
{"title":"SERS substrates of Ag nanoparticles prepared by a magnetron sputtering method and the activation by halide solutions","authors":"W. Chen, J. Chen, X.N. Li, N. Zhou, L.Y. Zhang, C.Y. Ma, Q.Y. Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178537","url":null,"abstract":"Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful tool of detecting trace molecules, but the decay of Ag-based nanostructures in the SERS activity is one of problems in applications. In this work, a magnetron sputtering method is used to prepare Ag nanoparticles (NPs) on glass substrates, which exhibit a pretty good reproducibility and a detection limit of rhodamine-6G as low as 1×10<sup>−12</sup> M. By exposing the Ag NPs to ambient air, the decay of SERS activity is investigated and the inactive SERS substrates are activated by halide solutions, in which the solution of 1×10<sup>−3</sup> M KCl exhibits the best activation effects. It is found that the modification of halide solutions enables the Ag NPs to undergo a process of dissolution and recrystallization and thus leads to the removal of oxides and contaminations and the activation of SERS activity. Besides the re-formed surfaces of Ag NPs, the variation in the size distribution has important impacts on the Raman enhancement of activated SERS substrates. Statistical analysis reveals that the best hot spots probably appear on the Ag NPs with the sizes close to ~ 45<!-- --> <!-- -->nm and the density is in association with the type and concentration of halide solution.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Zia Ullah Shah, Jing Feng, Farhat BiBi, Muhammad Sajjad, Muhammad Tauseef Qureshi, A. Shah, Muhammad Sanaullah Shah, Azza Mohamed Khaled, Marwa Syed Salem
{"title":"Enhanced energy storage with TiO2/NiO/ZnO core-shell heterostructures in hybrid battery-supercapacitor applications","authors":"Muhammad Zia Ullah Shah, Jing Feng, Farhat BiBi, Muhammad Sajjad, Muhammad Tauseef Qureshi, A. Shah, Muhammad Sanaullah Shah, Azza Mohamed Khaled, Marwa Syed Salem","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178548","url":null,"abstract":"We reported the synthesis of novel TiO<sub>2</sub>/NiO/ZnO ternary core-shell arrays (TCSA) by a one-pot electrospinning method via an ex-situ wet-chemical assisted route for battery-supercapacitor hybrid systems (BSCHs). The structural examinations revealed the obtained TiO<sub>2</sub>/NiO/ZnO TCSA with high purity and crystallinity. The charge storage and capacitive properties of pure TiO<sub>2</sub>, binary TiO<sub>2</sub>/NiO, and TiO<sub>2</sub>/NiO/ZnO TCSA were examined by cyclic voltammetry, impedance spectroscopy, and discharge/charge techniques. We obtained the battery-supercapacitor hybrid charge storage with remarkable capacitive properties. Interestingly, the TiO<sub>2</sub>/NiO/ZnO TCSA achieves a maximum capacitance of 438<!-- --> <!-- -->F/g and the lowest charge transfer resistance, which supports faster diffusion of electrolyte ions in the host electrode than that of pure TiO<sub>2</sub>, and binary TiO<sub>2</sub>/NiO composite at the same conditions. An asymmetric battery-supercapacitor hybrid system (BSCHs) was constructed utilizing battery-type electrode materials, TiO<sub>2</sub>/NiO/ZnO TCSA as anode and capacitive-type activated carbon (AC) as cathode, represented as TiO<sub>2</sub>/NiO/ZnO||AC BSCHs). This BSCHs achieved a high energy density of 43.9<!-- --> <!-- -->Wh/kg with 749<!-- --> <!-- -->W/kg power density at 1<!-- --> <!-- -->A/g current rate, and the power density outreach to 3350<!-- --> <!-- -->W/kg with 17.68<!-- --> <!-- -->Wh/kg energy density at higher current rates. Also, a remarkable stability was displayed with 94.9% capacitance retention after 3000 cycles by assembling a BSCHs. The aid of an optimum voltage of 1.5<!-- --> <!-- -->V coupled with a high capacitance of 140.6<!-- --> <!-- -->F/g realizes the considerable energy storage performance, which can be effectively extended to construct other oxide-based low-cost electrodes for electronic devices.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonika R. Rajoria, Suyog Gulhane, F. Khan MD, B.N. Sahoo
{"title":"Hot deformation behavior study of coarse grained and ultrafine grained QE22 magnesium alloy through development of Constitutive analysis and Johnson –Cook model","authors":"Sonika R. Rajoria, Suyog Gulhane, F. Khan MD, B.N. Sahoo","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178530","url":null,"abstract":"To enhance high-temperature applicability of ultrafine-grained (UFG) magnesium (Mg) alloy, identifying the optimal stress, strain, and temperature for hot deformation is crucial. This study examines hot deformation behavior of coarse grained (CG) QE22 and UFG QE22 Mg alloy developed through multiple-pass Friction Stir Processing (FSP). The grain size of UFG material following FSP decreased significantly to 0.65<!-- --> <!-- -->µm, compared to CG material, which had an initial grain size of 38<!-- --> <!-- -->µm. The true stress for both CG and UFG QE22 Mg alloy decreases with increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate due to enhanced atomic mobility and reduced dislocation density at higher temperatures, as well as less pronounced strain hardening at lower strain rates. The hot deformation behavior was analyzed using the Johnson Cook (JC) model and constitutive analysis on uniaxial compressive tests conducted at temperatures ranging from 250 °C to 450 °C and strain rates from 10<sup>-3</sup> to 10<!-- --> <!-- -->s<sup>-1</sup>. Both models demonstrated a decrease in yield strength, strain hardening exponent, activation energy, and stress exponent for the UFG alloy. These values decreased from 175<!-- --> <!-- -->MPa, 1.2, 240.5<!-- --> <!-- -->KJ/mol, and 10.5 in CG material to 164<!-- --> <!-- -->MPa, 1.05, 120.9<!-- --> <!-- -->KJ/mol, and 3.6, respectively, in UFG alloy. The dynamic recrystallization (DRX) governing deformation of CG, while grain boundary sliding drives UFG QE22Mg alloy. A correlation between the JC model and the constitutive equation was established through detailed microstructural analysis, offering insights into the mechanisms governing the enhanced high-temperature performance of UFG QE22 Mg alloy.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ya Zhao, Hongmin Cui, Jianguo Xu, Nanfu Yan, Runhan Yan, Huiqin Guo, Jinsong Shi
{"title":"Preparation of N-doped hierarchically porous carbon from chitosan using molten salt method for efficient CO2 adsorption","authors":"Ya Zhao, Hongmin Cui, Jianguo Xu, Nanfu Yan, Runhan Yan, Huiqin Guo, Jinsong Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178539","url":null,"abstract":"As a nitrogen rich and renewable biomass material, the preparation of N-doped porous carbon from chitosan offers an economically favorable and environmentally friendly approach. In the current work, we propose the synthesis of N-doped hierarchically porous carbon from chitosan using molten salt method. Chitosan was carbonized in liquid LiCl/KCl molten salt medium to synthesize the macroporous precursor, which was subsequently activated with KHCO<sub>3</sub> and urea. A hierarchically micro-meso-macroporous structure was constructed. The carbons were also characterized with multiple techniques to study the effects of different synthesis parameters. The obtained carbons showed large specific surface area (828–2658 m<sup>2</sup>/g) and tunable N content (1.77–10.77 wt%). CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption performances of the carbons were also systematically investigated. At 25 °C and 1 bar, a high CO<sub>2</sub> uptake of 4.10 mmol/g was achieved by the sample prepared at 700 °C. The carbons also showed high CO<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> selectivity, and excellent adsorption stability. The current study indicates that the obtained N-doped hierarchical carbon has great potential in CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption applications.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two-Pronged Strategy: Energizing Bifunctional Polyarylamine Ketones in Electrochromic Supercapacitors","authors":"Qilin Wang, Zhibo Zheng, Huilin Shen, Yuntao Han, Zheng Chen, Zhenhua Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178526","url":null,"abstract":"With the objective to actualize the lightweight and intelligent criteria in implementation and to extend the application range of high-performance polymers, a selection comprising polyarylamine ketone (PAAK) has been designed and synthesized as electrochromic materials. The remarkable photoelectric function of triphenylamine moieties and high-performance polymer characteristics were appropriately matched. And the synthesis method generalizability was confirmed through several attempts of side-chain substituent adjustment. The benefits of V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> nanowire ion storage layers in conjunction with the donor-acceptor (D-A) molecular engineering strategy deftly balanced electrochromic and energy storage features. Amongst them, devices employing PAAK-TPPA-OMe retained electrochromic performance subject to a 30,000-second switching. It was accessible to enhance the coloration efficiency to 331.19 cm<sup>2</sup>/C and reduce coloring time to 1.48<!-- --> <!-- -->s after optimization. Likewise, PAAK-TPPA-OMe/V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> ECS yielded an area specific capacitance of 462.3 μF/cm<sup>2</sup> and an energy density of 146.8 mWh/cm<sup>2</sup> at a current density of 0.01<!-- --> <!-- -->mA/cm<sup>2</sup>. It was convinced that such a conception could guide the intelligent integration of high-performance polymer functionalities.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"κ-phase precipitation in nickel-aluminum bronze alloy fabricated by oscillating laser wire additive manufacturing","authors":"Qingwen Deng, Yugang Miao, Zhibin Yang, Ji Liu, Guangxu Hu, Jiaoyang Chen, Pengfei Wang, Bintao Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178484","url":null,"abstract":"High-strength, corrosion-resistant nickel-aluminum bronze (NAB) is extensively employed in marine and offshore engineering applications. In this study, high-quality NAB alloy components are fabricated using oscillating laser wire additive manufacturing. The as-fabricated specimen exhibits excellent formation without porosity or cracking defects. The initial coarse columnar grains in the as-fabricated state are remelted and converted into fine equiaxed grains, driven by the intense agitation of the molten pool induced by the oscillating laser. Additionally, the effect of normalizing heat treatment (675 ℃ for 6<!-- --> <!-- -->h) on the as-fabricated specimen is thoroughly investigated. After heat treatment, internal grain strain decreases, recrystallized grains increase, and texture strength weakens significantly, leading to reduced anisotropy. The ultimate tensile strength increases by 12.39% (626<!-- --> <!-- -->MPa), with only a slight 1% reduction in elongation (16.5%), while hardness rises by 13.03% (182.93 HV), attributed to the large increase in fine κ-phase precipitates. However, corrosion resistance decreases after heat treatment, attributed to the increase in κ-phase precipitates and the reduction in Σ3 grain boundaries. This study demonstrates that oscillating laser wire additive manufacturing, combined with appropriate heat treatment, offers an alternative solution for fabricating high-performance NAB alloy.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Essam B. Moustafa, Hattan D. Natto, Essam M. Banoqitah, Mashhour A. Alazwari, Ahmed O. Mosleh, Asmaa M. Khalil
{"title":"Improving the Mechanical and Dynamic Properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu- based Aluminum Alloy: A Combined Approach of Microstructural Modification and Heat Treatment","authors":"Essam B. Moustafa, Hattan D. Natto, Essam M. Banoqitah, Mashhour A. Alazwari, Ahmed O. Mosleh, Asmaa M. Khalil","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178558","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the combined effects of microstructural modification by adding Ti, B, Ni, and Cr alloying elements and heat treatment, homogenization and solid solution (T6), on the mechanical and dynamic properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu- based aluminum alloy. The cast alloys were homogenized at 470 °C for 3<!-- --> <!-- -->h, air cooled and solid solved at 470 °C for 3<!-- --> <!-- -->h, quenched, and then artificial aged at 120 °C for 24<!-- --> <!-- -->h. The modified Al-Zn-Mg-Cu- based alloy consistently shows an improved microstructure compared to the unmodified alloy, especially after T6 treatment, as confirmed by SEM analysis. The T6 heat treatment improved the microstructure by dissolving intermetallic phase precipitates and dispersoids, followed by quenching and aging to promote the precipitation of strengthening phases. The improved alloy exhibited 11.4% enhancement in ultimate tensile strength and a 40% improvement in elongation compared to the as-cast version. Furthermore, the dynamic young’s modulus of the improved alloy was enhanced by 13.0% relative to Al-Zn-Mg-Cu- based alloy. The synergistic impact of modification and tempering resulted in the most significant enhancement in dynamic characteristics; thus, the modified alloy exhibited an increase of 11.5% in first-mode resonant frequency and 25.4% in dynamic modulus relative to the unmodified alloy. The tempered modified alloy (Al-Zn-Mg-Cu- based -M-T6) exhibits a somewhat superior damping ratio compared to the modified and homogenized alloy. This indicates a correlation between precipitated phases created by tempering and dislocations caused by modification.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}