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20222026
most citedSustainable steel through hydrogen plasma reduction of iron ore: process, kinetics, microstructure, chemistry

167 citations · 210 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

A hidden low-temperature transformation pathway in compositionally complex materials

Yujiao Li, Elaheh Akbarnejad, Quentin Bizot +9

Most compositionally complex materials (CCMs, frequently referred to as high entropy alloys) are metastable and their attractive properties often belong to kinetically trapped stat…

physics.chem-ph2026

How is Water released in Hydrogen-Based Metal Oxide Reduction? Unraveling the Kinetic Bottleneck in Sustainable Metal Production

Zhaoxi Chen, Yulu He, Zhuoran Yao +11

Hydrogen-based direct reduction of metal oxides is a ubiquitous solid-gas redox process central to geophysics, sustainable metallurgy, redox energy cycles and catalysis. During thi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Conditional spinodal decomposition in Li-Mg anodes for lithium metal batteries

Leonardo Shoji Aota, Aubin Leray, Yuqi Liu +14

The development of batteries with high energy density, short charging times and use of sustainable materials is critical for decarbonization. Magnesium (Mg)-based anodes for lithiu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Understanding early stages of low-temperature hydrogen-driven direct co-reduction of Fe-Ni mixed oxide thin films at the near atomic scale

Emmanuel Uwayezu, Shaolou Wei, Yujiao Li +3

Kinetic understanding of hydrogen co-reduction of multinary and multi-phase oxides is of interest for enhancing sustainability of alloy production and transition to a hydrogen-base…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Controlling Metastability through Annealing of High-Entropy Nanoalloy Electrocatalysts to Boost Performance towards the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Varatharaja Nallathambi, Aneeta Jose Puthussery, Andrea M. Mingers +7

Low-cost transition metal high-entropy nanoalloys are emerging as sustainable alternatives to platinum group electrocatalysts. Synthesis conditions of single-phase solid solutions…

physics.chem-ph2025

Is Platinum a Proton Blocking Catalyst?

Aparna Saksena, Yujun Zhao, J. Manoj Prabhakar +3

Platinum, to date, is the most widely applied electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in acidic media. It is assumed to be a proton-blocking catalyst with only surfac…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

High-strength and ductile lightweight cast aluminium alloys with superlattice nano-layered fibres (SNL) and core-shell nano-particles

Hemant Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Dierk Raabe +2

Lightweight, high-strength structural materials are component enablers in transportation and aerospace, reducing carbon footprints and enhancing fuel efficiency. Cast aluminium all…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Kinetically controlling surface atom arrangements in thermally robust, amorphous high-entropy alloy nanoparticles by solvent selection

Varatharaja Nallathambi, Se-Ho Kim, Baptiste Gault +3

The ability to tailor nanoscale surface atom arrangements through multi-elemental compositional control provides high-entropy nanoalloys with promising functional properties. Devel…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Secondary Grain Boundary Dislocations Alter Segregation Energy Spectra

Xinren Chen, William Gonçalves, Yi Hu +9

Grain boundaries (GBs) trigger structure-specific chemical segregation of solute atoms. According to the three-dimensional (3D) topology of grains, GBs - although defined as planar…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

An atomic-scale view at Fe4N as hydrogen barrier material

Aleksander Albrecht, Sang Yoon Song, Chang-Gi Lee +9

Hydrogen, while a promising sustainable energy carrier, presents challenges such as the embrittlement of materials due to its ability to penetrate and weaken their crystal structur…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 17 cited

Development of an Atomic Cluster Expansion potential for iron and its oxides

Baptiste Bienvenu, Mira Todorova, Jörg Neugebauer +4

The combined structural and electronic complexity of iron oxides poses many challenges to atomistic modeling. To leverage limitations in terms of the accessible length and time sca…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Grain boundaries control lithiation of solid solution substrates in lithium metal batteries

Leonardo Shoji Aota, Chanwon Jung, Siyuan Zhang +9

The development of sustainable transportation and communication systems requires an increase in both energy density and capacity retention of Li-batteries. Using substrates forming…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 26 cited

Segregation at prior austenite grain boundaries: the competition between boron and hydrogen

Guillaume Hachet, Ali Tehranchi, Hao Shi +8

The interaction between boron and hydrogen at grain boundaries has been investigated experimentally and numerically in boron-doped and boron-free martensitic steels using thermal d…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Roadmap on Data-Centric Materials Science

Stefan Bauer, Peter Benner, Tristan Bereau +58

Science is and always has been based on data, but the terms "data-centric" and the "4th paradigm of" materials research indicate a radical change in how information is retrieved, h…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 167 cited

Sustainable steel through hydrogen plasma reduction of iron ore: process, kinetics, microstructure, chemistry

I. R. Souza Filho, Y. Ma, M. Kulse +4

Fe- and steelmaking is the largest single industrial CO2 emitter, accounting for 6.5% of all CO2 emissions on the planet. This fact challenges the current technologies to achieve c…