Campus Units
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Ames Laboratory
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
12-2020
Journal or Book Title
Acta Materialia
Volume
201
First Page
209
Last Page
216
DOI
10.1016/j.actamat.2020.09.084
Abstract
Efficient and cost-effective soft magnetic materials (SMMs) are essential for accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles and the sustainable growth of renewable electricity. While amorphous and nanocrystalline SMMs offer remarkably low magnetic losses, their poor mechanical properties, limited availability in size and shape (particularly ribbon widths), and high cost prevent them from widespread industrial application. Here, we show that ductile Fe-6.5%Si 2-D flakes could be used as building blocks for making high performance bulk SMMs. This approach bypasses the brittleness problem and creates a new morphology and a new fabrication method for the SMMs with improved energy efficiency and lower processing cost. Ductile Fe-6.5%Si flakes are mass-produced by melt spinning and are then consolidated to bulk SMMs with a brick-wall type of structure. The novel process introduces anisotropic electrical and magnetic properties and enables near net shape processing. Resulting Fe-6.5%Si thin sheets display low iron loss (W10/400 = 6.1 W/kg) and high permeability (µr = 28,000), which are comparable to the current state of the art high silicon steel. CaF2 coating reduces the iron losses for thick Fe-6.5%Si parts. Polymer coated Fe-6.5%Si flake cores show potential for high power inductors with greater permeability and lower losses than traditional powder cores.
Creative Commons License
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Copyright Owner
Acta Materialia Inc.
Copyright Date
2020
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Ouyang, Gaoyuan; Jensen, Brandt; Tang, Wei; Schlagel, Jordan; Hilliard, Benjamin; Pan, Chaochao; Cui, Baozhi; Dennis, Kevin W.; Jiles, David C.; Monson, Todd; Anderson, Iver E.; Kramer, Matthew J.; and Cui, Jun, "Near net shape fabrication of anisotropic Fe-6.5%Si soft magnetic materials" (2020). Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications. 266.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ece_pubs/266
Comments
This article is published as Ouyang, Gaoyuan, Brandt Jensen, Wei Tang, Jordan Schlagel, Benjamin Hilliard, Chaochao Pan, Baozhi Cui, Kevin Dennis, David Jiles, Todd Monson, Iver Anderson, Matthew J. Kramer, and Jun Cui. "Near Net Shape Fabrication of Anisotropic Fe-6.5% Si Soft Magnetic Materials." 201 Acta Materialia (2020): 209-216. DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.09.084. Posted with permission.