Graphitization of Glassy Carbon after Compression at Room Temperature

Shiell, Tom B.; McCulloch, Dougal G.; McKenzie, David R.; Field, M. R.; Haberl, Bianca; Boehler, Reinhard; Cook, B. A.; de Tomas, C.; Suarez-Martinez, I.; Marks, N. A.; Bradby, Jodie E.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.215701

Title: Graphitization of Glassy Carbon after Compression at Room Temperature

Journal Article · 23 May 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.215701 · OSTI ID:1523764

Shiell, Tom B. ^[1]; McCulloch, Dougal G. ^[2]; McKenzie, David R. ^[3]; Field, M. R. ^[2];

^[4]; Boehler, Reinhard ^[5]; Cook, B. A. ^[2]; de Tomas, C. ^[6]; Suarez-Martinez, I. ^[6]; Marks, N. A. ^[6]; Bradby, Jodie E. ^[1]

The Australian National Univ., Canberra, ACT (Australia)
RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
The Univ. of Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, D.C. (United States)
Curtin Univ., Perth, WA (Australia)

Glassy carbon is a technologically important material with isotropic properties that is nongraphitizing up to ~3000 °C and displays complete or “superelastic” recovery from large compression. The pressure limit of these properties is not yet known. Here we use experiments and modeling to show permanent densification, and preferred orientation occurs in glassy carbon loaded to 45 GPa and above, where 45 GPa represents the limit to the superelastic and nongraphitizing properties of the material. Furthermore, the changes are explained by a transformation from its sp² rich starting structure to a sp³ rich phase that reverts to fully sp² bonded oriented graphite during pressure release.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0001057

OSTI ID:: 1523764

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1438522

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 21; ISSN 0031-9007

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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