Interstitial nitrogen-modified Y2Fe16SiNy compounds towards enhanced high-frequency magnetic properties

作者:Lin, Zhongchong; Tian, Guang; Zhang, Pengyu; Hu, Qiwei; Xia, Yuanhua; Qiao, Liang; Wu, Rui; Wang, Mingkun; Liu, Zhou; Wang, Yuankang; Yang, Wenyun; Liu, Shunquan; Zhou, Dong; Han, Rui; He, Lunhua; Xia, Weixing; Wang, Changsheng*; Yang, Jinbo*
来源:Acta Materialia, 2024, 264: 119575.
DOI:10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119575

摘要

The rapid development of information technology urgently requires high-frequency soft magnetic materials with excellent electromagnetic performance. Herein, we synthesized the disordered dual-phase Y2Fe16Si intermetallic compound and introduced nitrogen atoms into its interstitial crystal sites by the gas-solid reaction, remarkably improving its magnetic and electromagnetic properties. The significant magneto-volume effect generated by introduced nitrogen atoms increases the compound's magnetization and Curie temperature, leading to increased permeability of Y2Fe16Si-paraffin composites. Furthermore, the synergistic effect of the magneto-volume and the chemical bonding change the compound's electric polarization by charge neutralization, dramatically decreasing the permittivity of Y2Fe16Si-paraffin composites upon nitrogenation. The decreased permittivity and increased permeability enhance the impedance matching and magnetic loss capability of the composites. Besides, the introduction of interstitial nitrogen gives rise to a higher ratio of the out-of-plane to in-plane anisotropy field of Y2Fe16Si due to anisotropic lattice expansion, which combines with enhanced magnetization to raise the Snoek limit and operating frequency of the composites. Consequently, Y2Fe16SiNy-paraffin composites exhibit the maximum effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 5.84 GHz in a thickness of 1.2 mm, and the minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of -50.52 dB in a thickness of 1.5 mm covering the Ku-band, demonstrating strong ab-sorption, broad EAB with thin thickness and high operating frequency. This work shows the superiority of the interstitial atom effect in the high-frequency electromagnetic field, and the effect is applicable and scalable for rare-earth Fe-based intermetallic compounds to develop excellent microwave absorbers.

  • 单位
    中国科学院宁波材料技术与工程研究所; 兰州大学; 北京大学