Hierarchical nature of hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron oxides
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T1 - Hierarchical nature of hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron oxides
AU - Ma, Yan
AU - Souza Filho, Isnaldi R.
AU - Bai, Yang
AU - Schenk, Johannes
AU - Patisson, Fabrice
AU - Beck, Arik
AU - van Bokhoven, Jeroen A.
AU - Willinger, Marc G.
AU - Li, Kejiang
AU - Xie, Degang
AU - Ponge, Dirk
AU - Zaefferer, Stefan
AU - Gault, Baptiste
AU - Mianroodi, Jaber R.
AU - Raabe, Dierk
N1 - Funding Information: Y. Ma acknowledges financial support through Walter Benjamin Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Project No. 468209039). I.R. Souza Filho acknowledges financial support through CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brazil) & Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Project No. 88881.512949/2020–01). D. Xie acknowledges the financial support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. B. Gault acknowledges financial support from the ERC-CoG-SHINE-771602. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Fossil-free ironmaking is indispensable for reducing massive anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the steel industry. Hydrogen-based direct reduction (HyDR) is among the most attractive solutions for green ironmaking, with high technology readiness. The underlying mechanisms governing this process are characterized by a complex interaction of several chemical (phase transformations), physical (transport), and mechanical (stresses) phenomena. Their interplay leads to rich microstructures, characterized by a hierarchy of defects ranging across several orders of magnitude in length, including vacancies, dislocations, internal interfaces, and free surfaces in the form of cracks and pores. These defects can all act as reaction, nucleation, and diffusion sites, shaping the overall reduction kinetics. A clear understanding of the roles and interactions of these dynamically-evolving nano-/microstructure features is missing. Gaining better insights into these effects could enable improved access to the microstructure-based design of more efficient HyDR methods, with potentially high impact on the urgently needed decarbonization in the steel industry.
AB - Fossil-free ironmaking is indispensable for reducing massive anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the steel industry. Hydrogen-based direct reduction (HyDR) is among the most attractive solutions for green ironmaking, with high technology readiness. The underlying mechanisms governing this process are characterized by a complex interaction of several chemical (phase transformations), physical (transport), and mechanical (stresses) phenomena. Their interplay leads to rich microstructures, characterized by a hierarchy of defects ranging across several orders of magnitude in length, including vacancies, dislocations, internal interfaces, and free surfaces in the form of cracks and pores. These defects can all act as reaction, nucleation, and diffusion sites, shaping the overall reduction kinetics. A clear understanding of the roles and interactions of these dynamically-evolving nano-/microstructure features is missing. Gaining better insights into these effects could enable improved access to the microstructure-based design of more efficient HyDR methods, with potentially high impact on the urgently needed decarbonization in the steel industry.
KW - Direct reduction
KW - Hydrogen metallurgy
KW - Iron oxides
KW - Microstructure
KW - Multiscale
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124047050&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114571
DO - 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114571
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124047050
VL - 213.2022
JO - Scripta Materialia
JF - Scripta Materialia
SN - 1359-6462
IS - May
M1 - 114571
ER -