Combined Light and Electron Scattering for Exploring Proximity Effects on Hydrogen Absorption in Vanadium

Wen Huang; Xin Xiao; Parker Steichen; Sotirios A. Droulias; Martin Brischetto; Max Wolff; Xing’ao Li; Björgvin Hjörvarsson

doi:10.3390/en14248251

Energies (Dec 2021)

Combined Light and Electron Scattering for Exploring Proximity Effects on Hydrogen Absorption in Vanadium

Wen Huang,
Xin Xiao,
Parker Steichen,
Sotirios A. Droulias,
Martin Brischetto,
Max Wolff,
Xing’ao Li,
Björgvin Hjörvarsson

Affiliations

Wen Huang: New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory of Jiangsu Provence, School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
Xin Xiao: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Parker Steichen: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2120, USA
Sotirios A. Droulias: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Martin Brischetto: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2120, USA
Max Wolff: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Xing’ao Li: New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory of Jiangsu Provence, School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
Björgvin Hjörvarsson: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248251
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 24
p. 8251

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We investigate proximity effects on hydrogen absorption in ultra-thin vanadium layers through combing light transmission and electron scattering. We compare the thermodynamic properties of the vanadium layers, which are based on the superlattice structure of Cr/V (001) and Fe/V (001). We find an influence of the proximity effects on the finite-size scaling of the critical temperatures, which can be explained by a variation of dead layers in the vanadium. In addition to this, the proximity effects on hydrogen absorption are also verified from the changes of excess resistivity.

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ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
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