Huilong Hou
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View article: Variation with Ni and Mn of the structural stability, magnetic properties and Kovar effect in Fe–Ni–Co based alloys
Variation with Ni and Mn of the structural stability, magnetic properties and Kovar effect in Fe–Ni–Co based alloys Open
As a typical commercial Kovar alloy, the Fe–Ni–Co based alloy with nominal ∼29 wt% Ni, ∼17 wt% Co, and minor Mn and Si has found abroad applications in electronic and optoelectronics fields because of its analogous thermal expansion coeffi…
View article: Materials, physics, and systems for multicaloric cooling
Materials, physics, and systems for multicaloric cooling Open
The calls to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and the demands for higher energy efficiency continue to drive the research worldwide in alternative cooling and refrigeration technologies. The field of caloric cooling has undergone a series…
View article: Combinatorial Exploration and Mapping of Phase Transformation in a Ni–Ti–Co Thin Film Library
Combinatorial Exploration and Mapping of Phase Transformation in a Ni–Ti–Co Thin Film Library Open
Combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput characterization of a Ni-Ti-Co thin film materials library are reported for exploration of reversible martensitic transformation. The library was prepared by magnetron co-sputtering, annealed in …
View article: High-Throughput Exploration of Lithium-Alloy Protection Layers for High-Performance Lithium-Metal Batteries
High-Throughput Exploration of Lithium-Alloy Protection Layers for High-Performance Lithium-Metal Batteries Open
To realize high specific capacity Li-metal batteries, a protection layer for the Li-metal anode is needed. We are carrying out combinatorial screening of Li-alloy thin films as the protection layer which can undergo significant lithiation …
View article: Fatigue-resistant high-performance elastocaloric materials made by additive manufacturing
Fatigue-resistant high-performance elastocaloric materials made by additive manufacturing Open
A million times cooler Elastocaloric materials can be used for solid-state cooling applications because they can pump heat out of a system using a reversible phase transformation. However, many such materials fail after a small number of c…
View article: Accurate prediction of work and coefficient of performance of elastocaloric materials with phase transformation kinetics
Accurate prediction of work and coefficient of performance of elastocaloric materials with phase transformation kinetics Open
Elastocaloric cooling is a novel solid-state cooling technology based on the latent heat associated with martensitic phase transformation in shape memory alloys. The work associated with elastocaloric cooling cycle is determined based on t…
View article: Elastocaloric cooling of additive manufactured shape memory alloys with large latent heat
Elastocaloric cooling of additive manufactured shape memory alloys with large latent heat Open
The stress-induced martensitic phase transformation of shape memory alloys (SMAs) is the basis for elastocaloric cooling. In this paper, we employ additive manufacturing to fabricate TiNi SMAs, and demonstrate compressive elastocaloric coo…