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Title: On the Arrhenius-like behavior of conductivity during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia ceramics

Abstract

Here, we discuss the Arrhenius behavior of electrical conductivity σ during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (3YSZ). In situ x-ray diffraction is used to determine sample temperature. Sintering contribution to σ is excluded by investigating the flash event on a dense ceramic. We show that total conductivity follows an Arrhenius-like equation in both dense and green samples, even during Stage II of flash. The non-linearity often verified during flash sintering of 3YSZ is therefore related to the furnace temperature instead of the sample temperature when building the ln(σ) vs. 1/T plots. Furthermore, we verified a change in the activation energy for conduction prior to the ignition of the flash event and discussed the possible mechanisms. For instance, the decrease in activation energy from Stage I to II in the dense sample is attributed to a contribution from electronic carriers.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [2];  [4];  [5]
  1. Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  2. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  4. Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  5. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. Federal de Sao Carlos (UFSCAR) (Brazil)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP); National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); US Army Research Office (ARO); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
OSTI Identifier:
1817201
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1804581
Report Number(s):
BNL-222041-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6462
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; 2018/04331-5; 2018/19730-6; 2019/03786-1; 2019/14677-9; 200573/2018-7; W911NF-16-1-0200; N00014-18-1-2270
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scripta Materialia
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 203; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6462
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; zirconia; electric field-assisted sintering; synchrotron; x-ray diffraction

Citation Formats

Campos, João V., Lavagnini, Isabela R., Avila, Viviana, Yoon, Bola, Ghose, Sanjit, Raj, Rishi, Pallone, Eliria M.J.A., and Jesus, Lilian M. On the Arrhenius-like behavior of conductivity during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia ceramics. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114093.
Campos, João V., Lavagnini, Isabela R., Avila, Viviana, Yoon, Bola, Ghose, Sanjit, Raj, Rishi, Pallone, Eliria M.J.A., & Jesus, Lilian M. On the Arrhenius-like behavior of conductivity during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia ceramics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114093
Campos, João V., Lavagnini, Isabela R., Avila, Viviana, Yoon, Bola, Ghose, Sanjit, Raj, Rishi, Pallone, Eliria M.J.A., and Jesus, Lilian M. Wed . "On the Arrhenius-like behavior of conductivity during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia ceramics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114093. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1817201.
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title = {On the Arrhenius-like behavior of conductivity during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia ceramics},
author = {Campos, João V. and Lavagnini, Isabela R. and Avila, Viviana and Yoon, Bola and Ghose, Sanjit and Raj, Rishi and Pallone, Eliria M.J.A. and Jesus, Lilian M.},
abstractNote = {Here, we discuss the Arrhenius behavior of electrical conductivity σ during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (3YSZ). In situ x-ray diffraction is used to determine sample temperature. Sintering contribution to σ is excluded by investigating the flash event on a dense ceramic. We show that total conductivity follows an Arrhenius-like equation in both dense and green samples, even during Stage II of flash. The non-linearity often verified during flash sintering of 3YSZ is therefore related to the furnace temperature instead of the sample temperature when building the ln(σ) vs. 1/T plots. Furthermore, we verified a change in the activation energy for conduction prior to the ignition of the flash event and discussed the possible mechanisms. For instance, the decrease in activation energy from Stage I to II in the dense sample is attributed to a contribution from electronic carriers.},
doi = {10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114093},
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number = ,
volume = 203,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
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