Effects of rapid solidification on the phase structures and electrochemical properties of a V3TiNi0.56Co0.14Nb0.047Ta0.047 alloy

The crystal structures and electrochemical properties of a V3TiNi0.56Co0.14Nb0.047Ta0.047 alloy prepared by the melt-spinning method were studied. The rapidly solidified alloy consists of a major Vanadium-based solid solution phase and a secondary Ti2Ni-based phase. The secondary phase exists between the dendritic arms of the major phase, showing a typical eutectic characteristic. With increasing cooling rate, the amount of the secondary phase decreases but the lattice parameters of both the major phase and the secondary phase show no obvious change. Because the disappearance of the catalytic effect of the secondary phase, the rapidly solidified alloy shows bad electrochemical properties except cycle stability