Consolidated silica glass from nanoparticles
- Institut fuer Physikalische Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet, Lessingstrasse 10, D-07743 Jena (Germany)
- Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
A dense silica glass was prepared by consolidating a highly dispersed silicic acid powder (particle size <10 nm) with the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) technique. The glass was characterized by ellipsometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), infrared reflectance and transmittance spectroscopy, as well as by Raman, UV-Vis-NIR and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The prototypic sample showed a transmittance of about 63% compared to silica glass in the UV-Vis spectral range. Based on the results of infrared transmittance spectroscopy this lower transparency is due to the comparably high water content, which is about 40 times higher than that in silica glass. {sup 1}H magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR confirmed an increase in hydroxyl groups in the sample prepared by SPS relative to that of the conventional SiO{sub 2} reference glass. Aside from the comparably high water content, we conclude from the similarity of the IR-reflectance and the {sup 29}Si MAS NMR spectra of the SPS sample and the corresponding spectra of the conventionally prepared silica glass, that the short- and medium-range order is virtually the same in both materials. Raman spectroscopy, however, suggests that the number of three- and four-membered rings is significantly smaller in the SPS sample compared to the conventionally prepared sample. Based on these results we conclude that it is possible to prepare glasses by compacting amorphous powders by the SPS process. The SPS process may therefore enable the preparation of glasses with compositions inaccessible by conventional methods. - Graphical abstract: We report the preparation of SiO{sub 2} glass by consolidating a highly dispersed silicic acid powder with the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) technique. The glass was characterized by ellipsometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), infrared reflectance and transmittance spectroscopy, as well as by Raman-, UV-Vis-NIR- and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
- OSTI ID:
- 21128467
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 181, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2008.06.011; PII: S0022-4596(08)00316-2; Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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