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Experimental and ab initio study of enhanced resistance to amorphization of nanocrystalline silicon carbide under electron irradiation

Abstract

The crystalline-to-amorphous transition in nanocrystalline silicon carbide (ncSiC) has been studied using 1.25 MeV electron irradiation. When compared to literature values for single crystal silicon carbide under electron irradiation, an increase in the dose to amorphization (DTA) was observed, indicative of an increase in radiation resistance. Factors that contribute to this improvement are grain refinement, grain texture, and a high density of stacking faults (SFs) in this sample of ncSiC. To test the effect of SFs on the DTA, density functional theory simulations were conducted. It was found that SFs reduced the energy barriers for both Si interstitial migration and the rate-limiting defect recovery reaction, which may explain the increased DTA.
Publication Date:
Feb 01, 2014
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials; Journal Volume: 445; Journal Issue: 1-3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; DOSES; ELECTRONS; IRRADIATION; MEV RANGE; MONOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON CARBIDES; SIMULATION; STACKING FAULTS
OSTI ID:
22359906
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115; CODEN: JNUMAM; Other: PII: S0022-3115(13)01239-7; TRN: NL14R8293065182
Availability:
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.11.010
Submitting Site:
NLN
Size:
page(s) 181-189
Announcement Date:
Jul 22, 2015

Citation Formats

Jamison, Laura, Zheng, Ming-Jie, Shannon, Steve, Allen, Todd, Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)], Morgan, Dane, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States), Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)], Szlufarska, Izabela, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States), and Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)]. Experimental and ab initio study of enhanced resistance to amorphization of nanocrystalline silicon carbide under electron irradiation. Netherlands: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2013.11.010.
Jamison, Laura, Zheng, Ming-Jie, Shannon, Steve, Allen, Todd, Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)], Morgan, Dane, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States), Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)], Szlufarska, Izabela, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States), & Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)]. Experimental and ab initio study of enhanced resistance to amorphization of nanocrystalline silicon carbide under electron irradiation. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2013.11.010
Jamison, Laura, Zheng, Ming-Jie, Shannon, Steve, Allen, Todd, Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)], Morgan, Dane, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States), Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)], Szlufarska, Izabela, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States), and Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)]. 2014. "Experimental and ab initio study of enhanced resistance to amorphization of nanocrystalline silicon carbide under electron irradiation." Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2013.11.010.
@misc{etde_22359906,
title = {Experimental and ab initio study of enhanced resistance to amorphization of nanocrystalline silicon carbide under electron irradiation}
author = {Jamison, Laura, Zheng, Ming-Jie, Shannon, Steve, Allen, Todd, Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)], Morgan, Dane, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States), Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)], Szlufarska, Izabela, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States), and Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)]}
abstractNote = {The crystalline-to-amorphous transition in nanocrystalline silicon carbide (ncSiC) has been studied using 1.25 MeV electron irradiation. When compared to literature values for single crystal silicon carbide under electron irradiation, an increase in the dose to amorphization (DTA) was observed, indicative of an increase in radiation resistance. Factors that contribute to this improvement are grain refinement, grain texture, and a high density of stacking faults (SFs) in this sample of ncSiC. To test the effect of SFs on the DTA, density functional theory simulations were conducted. It was found that SFs reduced the energy barriers for both Si interstitial migration and the rate-limiting defect recovery reaction, which may explain the increased DTA.}
doi = {10.1016/J.JNUCMAT.2013.11.010}
journal = []
issue = {1-3}
volume = {445}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {2014}
month = {Feb}
}