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PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.013602
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- Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution, an Energy Frontier Research Center - U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering Division
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC05-00OR22725]
- Department of Energy
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The role of d electrons in determining distributions of formation and migration energies for point defects in equiatomic NiCoCr and NiCoFeCr concentrated solid solution alloys (CSAs) are studied regarding electron density deformation flexibility based on first-principles calculations. The disordered state is taken into account by constructing special quasirandom structures. The migration barriers are determined by directly optimizing the saddle point. It is found that the formation energies of interstitials in CSAs are lower than those in pure Ni, whereas the formation energies of vacancies are higher. In both NiCoCr and NiCoFeCr, Co-related dumbbell interstitials exhibit lower formation energies. Notably, the distributions of migration energies for Cr interstitials and vacancies exhibit a remarkable overlap region. A detailed analysis of electronic properties reveals that the electronic charge deformation flexibility regarding e(g) to t(2g) transition has a dominant effect on defect energetics for different elements in CSAs. Thus the electron deformation ability is suggested as a key factor in understanding the peculiar defect behavior in CSAs.
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