Effects of Y2 O3 -RE2 O3 (RE = Sm, Gd, Lu) Additives on Electrical and Thermal Properties of Silicon Carbide Ceramics

Autor: Kwang-Young Lim, Young-Wook Kim, Kwang Joo Kim, Seoung-Jae Lee, Seung Hoon Jang
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 99:265-272
ISSN: 0002-7820
DOI: 10.1111/jace.13958
Popis: In this study, we investigated the electrical and thermal properties of SiC ceramics with 2 vol% equimolar Y2O3–RE2O3 (RE = Sm, Gd, Lu) additives. The three SiC ceramics with 2 vol% equimolar Y2O3–RE2O3 additives showed electrical conductivities on the order of ~103 (Ω·m)−1, which is one order of magnitude higher than that of the SiC ceramics sintered with 2 vol% Y2O3 only. The increase in electrical conductivity is attributed to the growth of heavily nitrogen-doped SiC grains during sintering and the confinement of oxide additives in the junction area. The thermal conductivities of the SiC ceramics were in the 176–198 W·(m·K)−1 range at room temperature. The new additive systems, equimolar Y2O3–RE2O3, are beneficial for achieving both high electrical conductivity and high thermal conductivity in SiC ceramics.
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