Control of experimental conditions in reaction flash-sintering of complex stoichiometry ceramics

The inherent potential of reaction flash-sintering for the preparation of complex oxides is evidenced by the one-step synthesis and densification of a ceramic of complex stoichiometry. The system BiLaFeO, a multiferroic ceramic with promising technological applications, has been chosen. This system...

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Authors: Gil-González, Eva, Perejón, Antonio, Sánchez-Jiménez, Pedro E., Román-González, D., Pérez-Maqueda, Luis A.
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/219650
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/219650
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Reaction flash-sintering
Flash sintering
Multiferroics
Bismuth iron oxide
Asite substituted bismuth iron oxide.
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Summary:The inherent potential of reaction flash-sintering for the preparation of complex oxides is evidenced by the one-step synthesis and densification of a ceramic of complex stoichiometry. The system BiLaFeO, a multiferroic ceramic with promising technological applications, has been chosen. This system presents three different metals in its composition and it is extremely challenging to prepare by conventional procedures. Non-stoichiometric materials with unwilling secondary phases are usually obtained by conventional methods, due to the high volatility of bismuth oxide at the temperatures required for inducing the solid-solid reactions. Here, it is demonstrated that a careful control of the experimental flash conditions (applied electric field and selected current density limit) is required to obtain a high quality ceramic. Small deviations from the optimum conditions result in either non-stoichometric or poorly densified samples.