Nano Select
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2021
·Vol. 2
·期 6
·1225-1232
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IF 0
Ziqi Zhang,Yan Zhang,Yingqi Liu,Siqi Zhang,Kaida Yao,Yueqiu Sun,Yang Liu,Xiangzhi Wang,Weimin Huang,Jun Lu
Cerium has been used as an implanted alloy additive for many years for it can enhance the mechanical properties of the alloy and restrain the corrosion of the implant. Moreover, cerium oxide nanoparticles are often used as an antibacterial material. However, there were few researches focusing on the antibacterial properties of Ce 3+ and Ce 4+ ions, instead of their corresponding oxide, as potential antibacterial coatings. Thus in this work, we loaded Ce ions into the porous structure of the ZIF-8 nanoparticles and co-deposited them with hydroxyapatite as a composite coating onto anodized titanium dioxide nanotubes array in order to test whether it can improve the anti-corrosion and antibacterial properties of the materials without affecting the biocompatibility.
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生物材料学
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纳米医学
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表面工程
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骨科植入物
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抗菌材料
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生物医学工程
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2023
·Vol. 34
·期 9
·794
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IF 2.8
Li Ji,Xiang Peng,Tan Xinyu,Li Bowen,Zhang Kai,Zhu Ying,Ren Yanqi,Chen Xiaobo
Organic–inorganic lead halide peroxides (OIHPs) have attracted much interest due to their excellent photovoltaic properties, but practical applications are limited by long-term stability and further performance enhancement. Two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) heterojunction is a promising strategy to address these issues. Here, short-chain 3,5-dichlorobenzylamine (DBA) with halogen functional groups is introduced to react with excess PbI 2 to form the 2D perovskite layer in mixed perovskite films of Cs 0.05 (FA 0.85 MA 0.15 ) 0.95 Pb(I 0.85 Br 0.15 ) 3 , which passivates surface defects, favours energy band alignment of functional layers and suppresses non-radiative recombination of carriers. As a result, DBA-treated 2D/3D PSCs obtained a champion PCE of 21.54% with an improved open circuit voltage ( V oc ) of 1.171 V. More importantly, the 2D/3D heterojunction can effectively protect the underlying 3D perovskite from moisture ingress. The unencapsulated 2D/3D devices retain 90% of their initial efficiency even after aging at 40 ± 5% RH for 1000 h, while the 3D device retains only 40%.
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材料科学
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光伏技术
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纳米结构材料
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表面化学
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能源材料
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Sustainable Energy & Fuels
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2018
·Vol. 2
·期 10
·2154-2159
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IF 0
Xing Guo,Bingjuan Zhang,Zhenhua Lin,Jie Su,Zhou Yang,Chunfu Zhang,Jingjing Chang,Shengzhong (Frank) Liu,Yue Hao
The electron/hole transport layer plays a very important role in the planar structure of perovskite solar cells. Conjugated polymers have received considerable attention for use in perovskite solar cells as hole/electron transport layers and passivation layers. Although the devices based on conjugated polymer hole transport layers have achieved much progress, their performance is still inferior to that of devices based on the conventional spiro-OMeTAD hole transport layer. Here, we investigated the solvent vapor annealing (SVA) effect on conjugated polymers as well as the corresponding perovskite solar cell devices. It was found that SVA treatment could enhance the hole charge carrier mobility and thin film crystallinity. Meanwhile, the charge transfer efficiency was enhanced, and charge recombination was reduced. Hence, the conjugated polymer based device exhibited comparable or even better performance compared with the conventional spiro-OMeTAD based device. Moreover, the device stability was also improved.
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材料科学
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光伏技术
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纳米科技
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表面与界面化学
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凝聚态物理
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能源材料
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器件物理
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Solar RRL
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2021
·Vol. 6
·期 2
·2100748
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IF 8.582
Manjing Wang,Biao Shi,Qixing Zhang,Xingliang Li,Sanjing Pan,Ying Zhao,Xiaodan Zhang
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting to hydrogen is a clean process that can achieve green hydrogen. However, the integrated PEC devices have some problems, such as serious incident light loss, poor stability, and high cost. Here, the low-cost perovskite/silicon tandem cell instead of the costly III−V tandem cell as the light absorber is used, combined with high-transmittance quartz glass as a protective layer forming an unassisted solar water-splitting device. Quartz glass can minimize incident light loss and prevent electrolyte corrosion of solar cells. A solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 19.68% is achieved, and the performance can be maintained for 20 h without noticeable change. This structure design provides a novel integrated solar water-splitting system.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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半导体器件
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可再生能源
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光催化
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RSC Advances
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2014
·Vol. 5
·期 8
·5604-5610
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IF 3.708
Mei Yu,Jindan Zhang,Songmei Li,Yanbing Meng,Jianhua Liu
The performances of photovoltaic devices can be improved by increasing light-harvesting and charge collection respectively. The design and synthesis of nanocomposites with the ability of enhancing the generation and collection of the photo-generated electrons provide a significant way to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE). Herein, SWNTs@(TiO2/Ag/Au) nanocomposites were synthesized and successfully integrated into photoanode films of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to improve the power conversion efficiency. The synthesis processes were based on multi-functional DNA. DNA not only works as a dispersing agent preventing SWNTs bundling but also as a sacrificial mold assembling TiO2, Ag and Au nanoparticles on the surface of the SWNTs. The synthesized SWNTs@(TiO2/Ag/Au) nanocomposites enhance the charge collection and light-harvesting of DSSCs simultaneously. With 2.45 wt% SWNTs@(TiO2/Ag/Au) nanocomposites incorporating into the photoanode films, the PCE of the DSSCs increases from 6.8% to 8.3%.
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材料科学
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纳米科技
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能源化学
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光伏器件
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表面科学
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胶体与界面化学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2024
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IF 8.1
Cheng Li,Guangyu Li,Yongtao Zhan,Chenzhao Liu,Yujie Tang,Dong Yan,Jian Li,Lichao Jia
A strategy of in-stack dry reforming of methane (DRM) is proposed by using La 0.6 Sr 0.2 Cr 0.85 Ni 0.15 O 3-δ -loaded Ni foam (LSCrN@NF) as a CH 4 –CO 2 reformer, fuel gas distributor, and anode current collector in a SOFC stack. The prepared LSCrN exists as a single phase in a perovskite structure ; its reduced form contains exsolved Ni nanoparticles embedded on the surface of the LSCrN substrate. Introduced into an NF, the reduced LSCrN@NF demonstrates high DRM activity that increases with the increase of LSCrN amount to an optimum of about 42%. With the LSCrN@NF in-stack DRM, the conversions of CH 4 and CO 2 into CO and H 2 increase. Thus, the electrode polarization resistance, including the cathode and anode , decreases to 0.62, 1.07, and 3.93 Ω cm 2 at 800 °C, 750 °C, and 700 °C, respectively. Consequently, the peak power density (PPD) of the cell using 45% CH 4 -45% CO 2 –10% N 2 as fuel is 1.17, 0.94, and 0.47 W cm −2 , significantly higher than that of the cell without LSCrN@NF in-stack DRM. In addition, the voltage of the cell with LSCrN@NF in-stack DRM is stable on a level between 0.81 and 0.82 V at 400 mA cm −2 and 750 °C for 270 h without detected carbon deposition in the Ni–Y 2 O 3 stabilized ZrO 2 anode. This LSCrN@NF in-stack DRM strategy is also adopted with a large-scale (13 × 13 cm 2 ) single cell, which shows an extrapolated PPD of 428.3 mW cm −2 at 750 °C and is operated for 40 h at 400 mA cm −2 without noticeable performance degradation .
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能源材料
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电化学工程
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催化化学
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燃料电池技术
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高温材料科学
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化学反应工程
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清洁能源转化
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Sustainable Energy & Fuels
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2020
·Vol. 4
·期 6
·2800-2807
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IF 5.503
Haili Yu,Busheng Zhang,Ruijuan Qi,Nannan Qu,Chaoliang Zhao,Yan Lei,Xiaogang Yang,Zhi Zheng
Designing lead-free inorganic perovskite or perovskite-like structure materials and researching the corresponding photoinduced charge carrier dynamics are always promising due to both the environment and power conversion efficiency considerations. In this work, we intelligently employ a bilayer metal Bi/Cu thin film with different atomic ratios as the precursor to fabricate a CuBiI4 perovskite-like film in situ with a controlled Bi gradient at room temperature. This structure can significantly affect the photoinduced charge carrier dynamics of the resulting products. Next, a series of transient surface photovoltage (TSPV) measurements are carried out to investigate the photoinduced charge carrier dynamics of such CuBiI4 and CuBiI4:organic hybrid thin films. The results reveal that the gradually decreasing Bi content from ITO to CuBiI4 can facilitate the photoinduced charge carrier transportation. Finally, a champion PCE of 1.10% is obtained for an ITO/CuBiI4:polythieno[3,4-b]-thiophene-co-benzodithiophene (PTB7)/Au solar cell device. In particular, we find an exact negative correlation of the defined parameter L (the defined value for evaluating the photoinduced charge carrier dynamics in TSPV measurements) with the corresponding PCE of various devices for the first time, which may pave a new way for evaluating the potential photoelectric and photovoltaic performances of new materials without the assembly of solar cell devices.
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材料科学
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光伏技术
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凝聚态物理
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表面科学
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能源化学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2014
·Vol. 2
·期 37
·15546-15552
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IF 0
Yitan Li,Lin Wei,Cuncun Wu,Chang Liu,Yanxue Chen,Hong Liu,Jun Jiao,Liangmo Mei
Uniform zinc oxide (ZnO) nanosheet arrays were grown on woven titanium wires using a low temperature hydrothermal method. Photoanodes were prepared by depositing CdS and CdSe quantum dots onto the ZnO nanosheet arrays by a successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. Solar cells were assembled using these nanostructured photoanodes and their photovoltaic performance was characterized. The effect of using SILAR cycles for the deposition of quantum dots on the performance of these nanostructured solar cells was investigated systematically. The overall light-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 0.98% was achieved under 100 mW cm−2 illumination for flexible CdS/CdSe co-sensitized solar cells using conventional Pt foils as counter electrodes. To further improve the performance of the flexible solar cells, PbS and Cu2S counter electrodes based on Pb and Cu foils were fabricated. The best conversion efficiencies of flexible CdS/CdSe co-sensitized solar cells using Cu2S and PbS counter electrodes were 3.4% and 2.5%, which demonstrated a significant enhancement in values for short circuit current, open circuit voltage, and fill factor compared to those obtained with the commonly used Pt and Au electrodes.
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材料科学
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纳米科技
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能源材料
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光电化学
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半导体器件
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2023
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IF 7.2
Xingxing Li,Yan Zhu,Nan Zhang,Yansheng Gong,Rui Wang,Huanwen Wang,Jun Jin,Ling Zhao,Beibei He
The development of symmetrical solid oxide fuel cells (SSOFCs) faces a significant challenge in designing electrode materials that exhibit both high activity and stability. In this work, a novel layered perovskite oxide symmetric electrode material PrBaFe 1.8 Hf 0.2 O 5+δ (PBFH) for SSOFCs is proposed and synthesized. Doping Hf at the B-site of PrBaFe 2 O 5+δ (PBF) improves the stability in reducing atmosphere and increases the concentration of oxygen vacancies . Furthermore, a small amount of RuO x is deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) onto PrBaFe 1.8 Hf 0.2 O 5+δ scaffold as symmetric electrodes. The surface modification of ALD-RuO x significantly boosts the catalytic activity for both fuel oxidation and oxygen reduction, simultaneously. Compared to PBF electrodes, the interfacial polarization resistances of RuO x -PBFH decrease to 0.77 Ω cm 2 under H 2 /Ar and 0.021 Ω cm 2 under air atmosphere at 800 °C, respectively. At 800 °C, SSOFCs equipped with RuO x -PBFH symmetric electrodes exhibit a high peak power density of 0.85 W cm −2 and 0.41 W cm −2 using humidified hydrogen and propane as fuels, respectively. Moreover, the RuO x -PBFH electrode demonstrates long-lasting performance, displaying high resistance against coking. These findings reveal a facile ALD approach for tailoring symmetric perovskite electrodes, offering robust and efficient electrocatalysis with efficient noble metal utilization.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源材料
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固体离子学
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催化化学
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功能陶瓷
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2026
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IF 14.3
Wanqi Chen,Ruolan Tang,Bo Yang,Wenzhao Sun,Bo Zhang,Peize Lv,Banghe Lv,Haile Yan,Zongbin Li,Song Li,Liang Zuo
The Magnéli-phase λ-Ti 3 O 5 , characterized by its unique flat-band electronic structure, is a promising photothermal conversion material for solar-driven interfacial evaporation. However, its intrinsic thermodynamic instability at ambient temperature severely constrains large-scale practical application. To overcome this challenge, we developed a scalable synthesis strategy for stabilizing λ-Ti 3 O 5 via arc-melting followed by high-energy ball milling, coupled with Lithium (Li) doping. Structural and surface analyses confirm that Li incorporation effectively stabilizes the λ-phase. Morphological studies reveal particle refinement (∼1–2 μm) with increased surface roughness and oxygen vacancies, further enhancing solar absorption with overall reflectivity < 6% in the range of 250–2500 nm. Incorporating 10 wt.% of Li 0.25 Ti 2.75 O 5 particles into a Polyvinyl alcohol/Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVA/PVP) porous hydrogel evaporator yielded an evaporation rate of 5.22 kg m −2 h −1 under one sun irradiation. Remarkably, the evaporator demonstrated excellent resistance to salt crystallization, maintaining stable performance during a 24-h continuous operation in 3.5 wt.% saline water. This work not only provides a practical and scalable approach for stabilizing λ-Ti 3 O 5 but also offers valuable insights into the development of efficient, durable photothermal materials for solar desalination technologies.
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Materials Today Physics
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2026
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IF 9.3
Lijun Zhai,Feng Luo,Lingfang Liu,Xinyue Zhang,Jian Shi,Jian Wang,Yanli Li,Hongxia Liu,Wenjie Xie,Zhigang Sun
The 18-electron Ti 0.75 NiSb compound exhibits intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity due to the presence of numerous Ti vacancies. However, the high carrier concentration limits further improvement of the thermoelectric performance. In this work, Co atoms are employed to substitute Ni atoms in Ti 0.75 Ni 1- x Co x Sb. The results show that Co substitution effectively tunes the valence electron count of Ti 0.75 NiSb and leads to the formation of a NiSb-based metallic impurity phase, which significantly reduces the carrier concentration from 8.04 × 10 21 cm −3 to 2.31 × 10 21 cm −3 . Consequently, the Seebeck coefficient increases significantly from −94 μV/K for the x = 0 sample to −189 μV/K for x = 0.5, while the electronic thermal conductivity drops substantially from 3.52 to 0.87 W/mK at 873 K. Meanwhile, the lattice thermal conductivity increases due to the reduced Ti vacancy concentration (to satisfy the 18-valence-electron rule) and the formation of the metallic impurity phases. Ultimately, a peak zT of ∼0.50 is achieved at 873 K, representing a ∼47% enhancement compared with the Ti 0.75 NiSb alloy. This work demonstrates that the combination of valence electron count modulation and interface engineering is an effective strategy to optimize the thermoelectric performance of half-Heusler systems. Download: Download high-res image (378KB) Download: Download full-size image
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2026
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IF 6
Wei Feng,Jian Zhang,Yong Xiao,Peng Cao,Guoqiang Luo,Qiang Shen
Active metal brazing of Si 3 N 4 /Cu joints typically forms a rigid TiN/Ti 5 Si 3 interface that suffers from significant thermal mismatch. This study demonstrates an alternative strategy for engineering the interfacial reaction pathway using a (Cu20Sn) 100-x Ti x filler. A distinct Cu 2 Ti 4 O interfacial layer formed through oxygen participation in the interfacial reaction during brazing. Thermodynamic analysis reveals that the Ti-O reactions possess a significantly greater driving force than conventional Ti-N and Ti-Si reactions. The resulting Cu 2 Ti 4 O phase establishes a beneficial coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) gradient across the joint, thereby effectively mitigating interfacial thermal stress. Joint brazed with 5 wt% Ti achieved the highest shear strength of 137.3 MPa, which is attributed to the optimized morphology of a discontinuous Cu 2 Ti 4 O layer and the reduced brittle CuSn 3 Ti 5 precipitation. These results demonstrate a new approach for interfacial engineering of non-oxide ceramic joints, confirming that trace oxygen can act as an effective microstructural modifier.
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