JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2025
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IF 6.2
Ming Li,Lili Guan,Yunshuo Zhu,Yanrui Shi,Yarong Huang,Xiwen Song
The phase formation and densification of LaCrO 3 were successfully achieved through AC reactive flash sintering (AC-RFS) in one step at a constant temperature of 600°C, using La 2 O 3 and Cr 2 O 3 as raw materials. The current density curve ‘buffer region’ was discovered under different electric field strengths. The ‘buffer region’ corresponds to the phase transformation from the intermediate phase La 2 CrO 6 to the target product LaCrO 3 . Joule heating and a high heating rate resulted in nearly full densification of the LaCrO 3 ceramic central region sintered for 1 second at maximum current density. In particular, the behavior of LaCrO 3 was analyzed, and the phase transformation completion point was evaluated based on the RFS behavior without the need for complex testing methods. The discovery of the ‘buffer region’ provides experimental guidance for determining the phase transformation completion points of various other materials in RFS experiments.
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材料科学
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陶瓷学
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Nature Communications
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2023
·Vol. 14
·期 1
·1-12
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IF 16.6
Ba Ziyu,Luo Hongyun,Guan Juan,Luo Jun,Gao Jiajia,Wu Sujun,Ritchie Robert O.
High-performance, fast-growing natural materials with sustainable and functional features currently arouse significant attention. Here, facile processing, involving delignification, in situ hydrothermal synthesis of TiO 2 and pressure densification, is employed to transform natural bamboo into a high-performance structural material. The resulting TiO 2 -decorated densified bamboo exhibits high flexural strength and elastic stiffness, with both properties more than double that of natural bamboo. Real-time acoustic emission reveals the key role of the TiO 2 nanoparticles in enhancing the flexural properties. The introduction of nanoscale TiO 2 is found to markedly increase the degree of oxidation and the formation of hydrogen bonds in bamboo materials, leading to extensive interfacial failure between the microfibers, a micro-fibrillation process that results in substantial energy consumption and high fracture resistance. This work furthers the strategy of the synthetic reinforcement of fast-growing natural materials, which could lead to the expanded applications of sustainable materials for high-performance structural applications.
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材料科学
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可持续性
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机械工程
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PubMed
高影响因子
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
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2020
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IF 5.079
Ke Ren,Sisi Huang,Yejie Cao,Gang Shao,Yiguang Wang
Herein, we report the densification behavior of a typical electric ceramic, barium titanate (BaTiO 3 ), and highlight the role of oxygen vacancies in rapid densification of BaTiO 3 during flash sintering. The activation energies of flash- and conventional-densification processes are compared to reveal that the initiation of flash sintering is triggered by the accumulation of generated oxygen vacancies under the electric field. Furthermore, the densification kinetics of BaTiO 3 and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of flash-sintered BaTiO 3 infer that the ultrafast densification during the flash-sintering stage is dominated by the migration of electric field-generated defects coupled with defect-annihilation by take-in oxygen from the environment.
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材料科学
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陶瓷工程
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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2025
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IF 6.2
Feng Mao,Xiaoxin Zhang,Qingzhi Yan
The application scope of advanced ceramics is significantly limited due to their inherent brittleness, making the enhancement of fracture toughness a critical area of research. Although the incorporation of SiC whiskers (SiCw) has been shown to effectively improve fracture toughness, a high content of whiskers complicates the densification process. Herein, we discovered that the addition of SiCw can react in-situ with sintering additives, enabling SiC ceramics to achieve densification while incorporating a substantial quantity of whiskers. We systematically investigated the effects of stacking faults in SiC whiskers on the densification and microstructure of ceramics. SiCw with stacking faults reacted with sintering additives, leading to improved densification and refined grains. In contrast, whiskers without stacking faults maintained a rod-like structure within the ceramic matrix, resulting in whisker debonding and pull-out. When 40 vol.% SiCw was added, the optimized flexural strength and fracture toughness can reach 885 MPa and 8.94 MPa·m 0.5 , respectively.
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陶瓷工程
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2023
·Vol. 106
·期 10
·5723-5734
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IF 3.9
Yi Zhong,Yun Wang,Zhenliang Yang,Bingqing Li,Jingkun Xu,Zhiyi Wang,Liang Xie,Limei Duan,Fengyun Hu,Mingfu Chu,Rui Gao,Pengcheng Zhang,Bin Bai
In this work, the sintering kinetics of pure UO 2 and 0.5 wt.%MnO-doped UO 2 was studied by a high-temperature dilatometer heated up to 1500°C. In addition, the sintering behavior of pure UO 2 and 0.5 wt.%MnO-doped UO 2 was studied by pressureless sintering technique. The results showed that MnO doping enhanced the grain boundary diffusion of UO 2 , which can effectively decrease the densification temperature and promote grain growth. The sintering temperature of UO 2 was significantly reduced by about 200°C with the addition of 0.5 wt.%MnO. The microscopic morphology studies showed that there were still fine particles agglomerated, forming sintered spheres in the matrix even if no severe agglomeration and bimodal size distribution were observed in raw UO 2 powder. The microstructure evolution of the sintered sphere and UO 2 matrix during the densification process was studied by isothermal sintering. Finally, the present analyses indicated that the densification of UO 2 matrix can be accelerated by adding MnO or increasing the sintering temperature, thus improving the densification inhomogeneity of UO 2 matrix.
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核工程
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International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
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2024
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IF 1.8
Yiming Yu,Yaowu Wei,Kui Liu,Bo Chen,Junfeng Chen
This paper aims to improve the density and thermal shock resistance of Y 2 O 3 ceramics for the preparation of ultra-pure high-temperature alloy crucible materials. The doping effect of MgF 2 content on the densification behavior, physical properties, and thermal shock resistance of Y 2 O 3 ceramics was systematically investigated in this paper. The results suggested that the presence of MgF 2 greatly promoted the growth of Y 2 O 3 grains and the transformation of the pore structure by liquid-phase sintering. And the mechanical properties of the MgF 2 -doped Y 2 O 3 ceramics were significantly improved. Besides, the marked improvement in the thermal shock resistance of MgF 2 -doped Y 2 O 3 ceramics was attributed to the synergistic action resulting from the growth of grain size and the enhancement of the crack deflection effect. In particular, the relative density of Y 2 O 3 ceramics doped with 1.5 wt% MgF 2 reached 96.4% and the residual flexural strength ratio after thermal shock achieved 45.0%, showing an excellent application prospect.
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材料科学
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陶瓷工程
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Wanhong Yu,Guifang Li,Changwan Sun,Jianquan Zhang,Li Yang,Yichun Zhou
In this paper, we propose an effective method for doping WC into Ta-Hf-C ceramics to significantly enhance their densification and mechanical properties. An increasing WC doping amount from 0 to 20 at.%, enhances the densification of Ta-Hf-C ceramics from 92.4 % to 99.1 %. This is mainly due to the fact that the doping of WC effectively removes the harmful oxygen impurities from the ceramics, thereby increasing their sintering activity. Furthermore, the doping of WC plays an active role in the mechanical properties of the ceramics. The Ta-Hf-C doped with 15 at.% WC has the highest value of 36.41 GPa for nano-hardness due to the solid solution strengthening mechanism, while the highest Vickers hardness (38.75 GPa) and fracture toughness (3.76 MPa m 1/2 ) appear in Ta-Hf-C doped with 20 at.% WC. The main toughness mechanism is W segregation at the grain boundary, enhancing grain boundary strength .
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力学
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2023
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IF 5.2
Yingjun Liu,Jianjun Sha,Cheng Su,Jixiang Dai,Yufei Zu
Sintering additive of ZrSi 2 is beneficial to low-temperature densification of ZrB 2 -based ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs), nevertheless, residual ZrSi 2 would severely reduce the high-temperature strength of UHTCs. In the current work, to achieve low-temperature preparation of ZrB 2 -based UHTCs with good high-temperature strength, active carbon (C) was added into ZrB 2 –ZrSi 2 ceramics to convert the sintering additive into refractory phases of SiC/ZrC. C-doped ZrB 2 –ZrSi 2 powders were hot-pressed at different temperatures to investigate the phase composition, microstructure and densification behavior. TG-DSC, XRD and SEM results indicated that ZrSi 2 was almost entirely converted into SiC and ZrC at 1600 °C for 2h, meanwhile, a fully-dense C-doped ZrB 2 –ZrSi 2 ceramic was obtained at such sintering conditions. In addition, the high-temperature (1800 °C) strength of C-doped ZrB 2 –ZrSi 2 ceramic was 390 ± 21 MPa, which was much higher than that of the C-undoped one. The excellent high-temperature mechanical properties could be attributed to the transformation of low-melting-point phases into refractory phases.
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材料科学
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陶瓷工程
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Materials
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2024
·Vol. 17
·期 12
·2904
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IF 3.1
Xin Yang,Kaihua Li,Jun Li,Zhuo Sheng,Ying Liu
In this work, the preparation of titanium sponge by magnesium thermal method is regarded as the liquid-phase sintering process of titanium, and powder-metallurgy sintering technology is utilized to simulate the aggregation–growth and densification behavior of titanium particles in a high-temperature liquid medium (the molten Mg-MgCl2system). It was found that compared with MgCl2, Mg has better high-temperature wettability and reduction effect, which promotes titanium particles to form a sponge titanium skeleton at lower temperature. The aggregation degree of titanium particles and the densification degree of a sponge titanium skeleton can be improved by increasing the temperature and the relative content of Mg in the melting medium. The kinetics study shows that with the increase in temperature, the porosity of the titanium particle aggregates and the sponge titanium skeleton decreases, and their density growth rate increases. With the extension of time, the aggregation degree of titanium particles and the densification degree of sponge titanium gradually increase. This work provides a theoretical reference for controlling the density of titanium sponge in industry.
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材料科学
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冶金工程
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Forests
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2024
·Vol. 15
·期 3
·452
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IF 2.4
Jiafeng Yang,Shutong Zhang,Yun Qian,Haili Chen,Yunyan Peng,Youming Yu
The utilization of wood as a construction material offers inherent advantages, including its renewability, good process property, wide availability, and carbon sequestration. However, its susceptibility to combustion and limited mechanical properties also constrain its applications. In this work, calcium phosphate was in situ deposited in dignified Chinese fir wood, followed by hot-pressed densification. Thermogravimetric analysis (TG) reveals that mineralization and densification alleviate the thermal decomposition and combustion behavior of wood, which greatly promotes the formation of the dense char layer during wood combustion. Therefore, the maximum heat release rate (HRR), total heat release rate (THR), and total smoke production rate (TSP) of the as-prepared mineralized dense wood were significantly reduced by 37%, 32%, and 56% compared with the control one. Further, the mineralized dense wood showed a remarkable enhancement in flexural strength and flexural modulus of elasticity, 203% and 220% higher than the natural wood, respectively. This study demonstrated a straightforward and eco-friendly approach to fabricating structural wood possessing exceptional flame retardancy and mechanical characterization, which holds immense potential for application in energy-efficient green buildings.
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材料科学
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林业工程
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2020
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IF 10.652
Saisai Zhang,Hailei Zhao,Jie Wang,Tao Xu,Kangkang Zhang,Zhihong Du
As promising next generation energy storage system, all solid state lithium batteries offer great potential for achieving high energy density and improved safety over lithium batteries with liquid counterpart. Dense microstructure with high ionic conductivity are prerequisites for solid electrolyte. The promising Li-garnet electrolyte suffers from poor sinterability, which results in porous structure and large grain boundary resistance. Herein, we report that the poor sinterability of garnet Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 is most likely related to the Li 2 CO 3 formed on particle surface, and SiO 2 is an efficient additive to scavenge the surface Li 2 CO 3 and so significantly improve the densification of electrolyte. The reaction product Li 4 SiO 4 of SiO 2 with Li 2 CO 3 is a Li-ion conductor, which exists at grain boundary and so can facilitate the grain boundary lithium ion diffusion. An addition of 1 mol.% SiO 2 , with respect to the total lithium content in Li 6.4 La 3 Zr 1.4 Ta 0.6 O 12 (LLZTO), significantly increases the relative density of LLZTO pellet by 28% and the conductivity by one order of magnitude, reaching 3.84 × 10 −4 S cm −1 at room temperature by a conventional solid state sintering. A symmetric lithium cell assembled with such dense LLZTO electrolyte can cycle well for 260 h compared with unmodified LLZTO running only for 72 h before short-circuit.
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材料科学
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能源存储技术
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2016
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IF 2.758
Wei-Ming Guo,Zhi-Lin Zhang,Jing-Xi Li,Yang You,Shang-hua Wu,Hua-Tay Lin
Al 2 O 3 –B 4 C ceramics had poor densification, due to the formation of Al 18 B 4 O 33 phase by reaction between Al 2 O 3 and B 2 O 3 on the surface of B 4 C. In the present work, Y 2 O 3 or Ti additive together with ZrO 2 from milling media were introduced into Al 2 O 3 –B 4 C ceramics. Results showed that Y 2 O 3 reacted with B 2 O 3 to produce YBO 3 phase, and removed Al 18 B 4 O 33 phase, resulting in the improved densification and the coarse microstructure. However, Ti and ZrO 2 reacted with B 2 O 3 to produce hard TiB 2 and ZrB 2 phases, removed the most of Al 18 B 4 O 33 phase, refined microstructure by pinning effect of hard particles, and improved densification and mechanical properties .
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陶瓷工程
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