Rapid Sintering of Li2O-Nb2O5-TiO2 Solid Solution by Air Pressure Control and Clarification of Its Mechanism

Autor: Konatsu Kamimoto, Takahisa Yamamoto, Hiromi Nakano, Yoshio Furuta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Materials, Vol 11, Iss 6, p 987 (2018)
Materials
Volume 11
Issue 6
ISSN: 1996-1944
Popis: We first successfully synthesized Li1+x&minus
yNb1&minus
x&minus
3yTix+4yO3 (LNT) solid solutions (0.13 &le
x &le
0.18, 0 &le
y &le
0.06) rapidly at 1373 K for one hour under 0.35 MPa by the controlling of air pressure using an air-pressure control atmosphere furnace. The composition is a formation area of a superstructure for LNT, in which the periodical intergrowth layer was formed in the matrix, and where it can be controlled by Ti content. Therefore, the sintering time depended on Ti content, and annealing was repeated for over 24 h until a homogeneous structure was formed using a conventional electric furnace. We clarified the mechanism of the rapid sintering using various microscale to nanoscale characterization techniques: X-ray diffraction, a scanning electron microscope, a transmission electron microscope (TEM), a Cs-corrected scanning TEM equipped with electron energy-loss spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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