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Title: In-situ observation of oxygen mobility and abnormal lattice expansion in ceria during flash sintering

Abstract

Flash sintering has been shown to be an effective method of sintering for many types of ceramics. However, the characteristics of flash sintering for each type of ceramic varies. When ionically conducting ceramics are sintered under a DC electric field, a strong dependence of densification with respect to position is observed. Microstructural analysis of the effect of electric field on oxygen ion conductors shows non-stoichiometry (oxygen deficiency) at the cathode which continues to build up over time under flash. In oxygen ion conductors, dominant charge carriers during flash are oxygen ions and the final density of the specimen is related to the availability of oxygen. This effect is no longer evident when using an AC power supply. In conclusion, use of AC instead of DC electric field is preferable for flash sintering of ionically conducting ceramics.

Authors:
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  1. Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
  2. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  3. Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source; USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
OSTI Identifier:
1473696
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Ceramics International
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 44; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0272-8842
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Jha, Shikhar Krishn, Charalambous, Harry, Wang, Han, Phuah, Xin Li, Mead, Christopher, Okasinski, John, Wang, Haiyan, and Tsakalakos, Thomas. In-situ observation of oxygen mobility and abnormal lattice expansion in ceria during flash sintering. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.05.186.
Jha, Shikhar Krishn, Charalambous, Harry, Wang, Han, Phuah, Xin Li, Mead, Christopher, Okasinski, John, Wang, Haiyan, & Tsakalakos, Thomas. In-situ observation of oxygen mobility and abnormal lattice expansion in ceria during flash sintering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.05.186
Jha, Shikhar Krishn, Charalambous, Harry, Wang, Han, Phuah, Xin Li, Mead, Christopher, Okasinski, John, Wang, Haiyan, and Tsakalakos, Thomas. Tue . "In-situ observation of oxygen mobility and abnormal lattice expansion in ceria during flash sintering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.05.186. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1473696.
@article{osti_1473696,
title = {In-situ observation of oxygen mobility and abnormal lattice expansion in ceria during flash sintering},
author = {Jha, Shikhar Krishn and Charalambous, Harry and Wang, Han and Phuah, Xin Li and Mead, Christopher and Okasinski, John and Wang, Haiyan and Tsakalakos, Thomas},
abstractNote = {Flash sintering has been shown to be an effective method of sintering for many types of ceramics. However, the characteristics of flash sintering for each type of ceramic varies. When ionically conducting ceramics are sintered under a DC electric field, a strong dependence of densification with respect to position is observed. Microstructural analysis of the effect of electric field on oxygen ion conductors shows non-stoichiometry (oxygen deficiency) at the cathode which continues to build up over time under flash. In oxygen ion conductors, dominant charge carriers during flash are oxygen ions and the final density of the specimen is related to the availability of oxygen. This effect is no longer evident when using an AC power supply. In conclusion, use of AC instead of DC electric field is preferable for flash sintering of ionically conducting ceramics.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.05.186},
journal = {Ceramics International},
number = 13,
volume = 44,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Flash parameters during an in-situ flash experiment under direct current (DC) electric field, the expanded time scale at start and end of flash are shown in subplots (b) and (c) with their respective interplanar spacing of (220) planes as shown in (d) and (e). Reference to the calibrationmore » plot in supplementary S1 suggests that ceria reaches conventional sintering temperature under flash.« less

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