Direct electrochemical reduction of titanium dioxide to titanium in molten calcium chloride

GZ Chen, DJ Fray, TW Farthing - nature, 2000 - nature.com
Many reactive metals are difficult to prepare in pure form without complicated and expensive
procedures,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Although titanium has many desirable properties (it is light, strong and …

Molten chloride salts for next generation concentrated solar power plants: Mitigation strategies against corrosion of structural materials

W Ding, H Shi, A Jianu, Y Xiu, A Bonk… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Molten chloride salts are promising advanced high-temperature (400–800° C) thermal
energy storage (TES) and heat transfer fluid (HTF) materials in next generation concentrated …

Hot corrosion behavior of commercial alloys in thermal energy storage material of molten MgCl2/KCl/NaCl under inert atmosphere

W Ding, H Shi, Y Xiu, A Bonk, A Weisenburger… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hot corrosion behavior of three commercial alloys (stainless steel SS 310, Incoloy 800 H,
Hastelloy C-276) in molten MgCl 2/NaCl/KCl (60/20/20 mol%) under inert atmosphere was …

Electrochemically driven transformation of amorphous carbons to crystalline graphite nanoflakes: a facile and mild graphitization method

J Peng, N Chen, R He, Z Wang, S Dai… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Although, in the carbon family, graphite is the most thermodynamically stable allotrope,
conversion of other carbon allotropes, even amorphous carbons, into graphite is extremely …

Enabling chloride salts for thermal energy storage: implications of salt purity

JM Kurley, PW Halstenberg, A McAlister, S Raiman… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molten salts for use as heat transfer fluids in concentrated solar or nuclear power plants
have experienced a resurgence over the past decade with a special focus on chloride …

Cathodic deoxygenation of the alpha case on titanium and alloys in molten calcium chloride

GZ Chen, DJ Fray, TW Farthing - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions …, 2001 - Springer
The oxygen-enriched alpha case on titanium and alloys was successfully deoxygenated to
satisfactory levels by electrolysis in molten CaCl 2, in which the cathode was made from the …

Emerging molten salt technologies for metals production

DJ Fray - JOM, 2001 - Springer
Molten salts have been used in metal extraction for more than a century, and chemists and
metallurgists have extensively studied the properties of these high-temperature phases …

Reduction of titanium and other metal oxides using electrodeoxidation

DJ Fray, GZ Chen - Materials science and technology, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Many reactive and refractory metals are currently produced industrially by reducing their
compounds, including oxides, using a more reactive metal. In some cases, where there is …

Electrochemical measurement of corrosive impurities in molten chlorides for thermal energy storage

W Ding, A Bonk, J Gussone, T Bauer - Journal of Energy Storage, 2018 - Elsevier
Molten chlorides are promising alternative thermal energy storage (TES) materials to be
applied in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants owing to their higher thermal stability …

Cyclic voltammetry for monitoring corrosive impurities in molten chlorides for thermal energy storage

W Ding, A Bonk, J Gussone, T Bauer - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
Molten chlorides are promising alternative thermal energy storage (TES) materials to be
applied in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. Their high thermal stability makes them …