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| author | Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xiaoru Chen Chuanguo Li, Yonggang |
| author_facet | Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xiaoru Chen Chuanguo Li, Yonggang |
| contents | Hydrogen isotope (HI) retention poses a key issue for tungsten (W)-based plasma-facing materials (PFMs) in fusion devices, where microstructures such as dislocations (DLs) and grain boundaries (GBs) play a dominant role. Existing theoretical sink strength models for microstructures like DLs and GBs fail to account for the observed saturation of HI retention. In this study, we propose a novel universal trapping-site model that dynamically represents sink strengths as time-dependent site concentrations, which is incorporated into an improved cluster dynamics model for high-fluence HI irradiation. Our simulations quantitatively reproduce the saturated low-energy deuterium (D) retention and depth profiles in W, in good agreement with experiments. A critical saturation fluence of approximately 1023 m-2 is identified, below which unsaturated D retention is governed by both GBs and ion-induced defects, whereas above this threshold GBs dominate D retention by trapping free D and approaching their theoretical saturation limit. The trapping-site sink strength model enables quantification of H trapping by diverse microstructures via unified effective site concentrations, providing mechanistic insights into microstructural effects and facilitating direct evaluation of HI retention in PFMs under different irradiation conditions. |
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| spellingShingle | Cluster dynamics modeling of hydrogen saturation retention in tungsten with a universal trapping-site sink strength Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xiaoru Chen Chuanguo Li, Yonggang Materials Science Hydrogen isotope (HI) retention poses a key issue for tungsten (W)-based plasma-facing materials (PFMs) in fusion devices, where microstructures such as dislocations (DLs) and grain boundaries (GBs) play a dominant role. Existing theoretical sink strength models for microstructures like DLs and GBs fail to account for the observed saturation of HI retention. In this study, we propose a novel universal trapping-site model that dynamically represents sink strengths as time-dependent site concentrations, which is incorporated into an improved cluster dynamics model for high-fluence HI irradiation. Our simulations quantitatively reproduce the saturated low-energy deuterium (D) retention and depth profiles in W, in good agreement with experiments. A critical saturation fluence of approximately 1023 m-2 is identified, below which unsaturated D retention is governed by both GBs and ion-induced defects, whereas above this threshold GBs dominate D retention by trapping free D and approaching their theoretical saturation limit. The trapping-site sink strength model enables quantification of H trapping by diverse microstructures via unified effective site concentrations, providing mechanistic insights into microstructural effects and facilitating direct evaluation of HI retention in PFMs under different irradiation conditions. |
| title | Cluster dynamics modeling of hydrogen saturation retention in tungsten with a universal trapping-site sink strength |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20121 |