GrainboundarydiffusiontechniquewithTbH_3nanoparticleswasappliedtofabricateTb-lesssinteredNdFe-Bpermanentmagnetswithhighcoercivity.Themagneticpropertiesandmicrostructureofmagnetsweresystematicallystudied.Thecoercivityandremanenceofgrainboundarydiffusionmagnetareimprovedby112%andreducedby26%comparedwiththoseoftheoriginalmagnet,respectively.Meanwhile,boththeremanencetemperaturecoefficient(α)andthecoercivitytemperaturecoefficient(β)ofthemagnetsareimprovedafterdiffusiontreatment.MicrostructureshowsthatTbelementenrichesinthesurfaceregionofNd_2Fe_(14)Bgrainsandisexpectedtoexistas(Nd,Tb)_2Fe_(14)Bphase.Thus,themagneto-crystallineanisotropyfieldofthemagnetimprovesremarkably.Asaresult,thesinteredNd-FeBmagnetsbygrainboundarydiffusionwithTbH_3nanoparticlesexhibitenhancedcoercivity.
