中国物理B ›› 2023, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 107503-107503.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/acd61f

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Optimization of the grain boundary diffusion process by doping gallium and zirconium in Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets

Zhiteng Li(李之藤)1,2, Haibo Xu(徐海波)2, Feng Liu(刘峰)3, Rongshun Lai(赖荣舜)1,2, Renjie Wu(武仁杰)2, Zhibin Li(李志彬)2, Yangyang Zhang(张洋洋)1,2, and Qiang Ma(马强)1,2,†   

  1. 1 School of Rare Earths, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    2 Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, China;
    3 Baotou Yunsheng Strong Magnet Material Co., LTD, Baotou 014000, China
  • 收稿日期:2023-02-07 修回日期:2023-05-15 接受日期:2023-05-17 出版日期:2023-09-21 发布日期:2023-09-27
  • 通讯作者: Qiang Ma E-mail:maqiang5019@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52261037), self-deployed Projects of Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. E055B002), the Project of Baotou City Science and Technology (Grant No. XM2022BT04), the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. ZDRW-CN-2021-3) and the Key Research Project of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 20203ABC28W006).

Optimization of the grain boundary diffusion process by doping gallium and zirconium in Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets

Zhiteng Li(李之藤)1,2, Haibo Xu(徐海波)2, Feng Liu(刘峰)3, Rongshun Lai(赖荣舜)1,2, Renjie Wu(武仁杰)2, Zhibin Li(李志彬)2, Yangyang Zhang(张洋洋)1,2, and Qiang Ma(马强)1,2,†   

  1. 1 School of Rare Earths, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    2 Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, China;
    3 Baotou Yunsheng Strong Magnet Material Co., LTD, Baotou 014000, China
  • Received:2023-02-07 Revised:2023-05-15 Accepted:2023-05-17 Online:2023-09-21 Published:2023-09-27
  • Contact: Qiang Ma E-mail:maqiang5019@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52261037), self-deployed Projects of Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. E055B002), the Project of Baotou City Science and Technology (Grant No. XM2022BT04), the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. ZDRW-CN-2021-3) and the Key Research Project of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 20203ABC28W006).

摘要: As the channel for grain boundary diffusion (GBD) in Nd-Fe-B magnets, grain boundary (GB) phases have a very important effect on GBD. As doping elements that are commonly used to regulate the GB phases in Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets, the influences of Ga and Zr on GBD were investigated in this work. The results show that the Zr-doped magnet has the highest coercivity increment (7.97 kOe) by GBD, which is almost twice that of the Ga-doped magnet (4.32 kOe) and the magnet without Ga and Zr (3.24 kOe). Microstructure analysis shows that ZrB2 formed in the Zr-doped magnet plays a key role in increasing the diffusion depth. A continuous diffusion channel in the magnet can form because of the presence of ZrB2. ZrB2 can also increase the defect concentration in GB phases, which can facilitate GBD. Although Ga can also improve the diffusion depth, its effect is not very obvious. The micromagnetic simulation based on the experimental results also proves that the distribution of Tb in the Zr-doped magnet after GBD is beneficial to coercivity. This study reveals that the doping elements Ga and Zr in Nd-Fe-B play an important role in GBD, and could provide a new perspective for researchers to improve the effects of GBD.

关键词: Nd-Fe-B sintered magnet, ZrB2 phase, grain boundary diffusion, micromagnetic simulation

Abstract: As the channel for grain boundary diffusion (GBD) in Nd-Fe-B magnets, grain boundary (GB) phases have a very important effect on GBD. As doping elements that are commonly used to regulate the GB phases in Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets, the influences of Ga and Zr on GBD were investigated in this work. The results show that the Zr-doped magnet has the highest coercivity increment (7.97 kOe) by GBD, which is almost twice that of the Ga-doped magnet (4.32 kOe) and the magnet without Ga and Zr (3.24 kOe). Microstructure analysis shows that ZrB2 formed in the Zr-doped magnet plays a key role in increasing the diffusion depth. A continuous diffusion channel in the magnet can form because of the presence of ZrB2. ZrB2 can also increase the defect concentration in GB phases, which can facilitate GBD. Although Ga can also improve the diffusion depth, its effect is not very obvious. The micromagnetic simulation based on the experimental results also proves that the distribution of Tb in the Zr-doped magnet after GBD is beneficial to coercivity. This study reveals that the doping elements Ga and Zr in Nd-Fe-B play an important role in GBD, and could provide a new perspective for researchers to improve the effects of GBD.

Key words: Nd-Fe-B sintered magnet, ZrB2 phase, grain boundary diffusion, micromagnetic simulation

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