Electric current activated sintering (ECAS) of undoped and titanium-doped BiFeO3 bulk ceramics with homogeneous microstructure
[EN] BiFeO ceramics have been consolidated applying an electric current activated/assisted sintering (ECAS) methodology under different electrical conditions. DC experiments produce a flash sintering regime by which the bulk cylindrical specimens densify in a few seconds; however, this goes together...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/211774 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/211774 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | ECAS sintering Flash and FAST sintering BiFeO3 Homogeneous microstructure DC electricfield AC electricfield ddc:660 |
| Sumario: | [EN] BiFeO ceramics have been consolidated applying an electric current activated/assisted sintering (ECAS) methodology under different electrical conditions. DC experiments produce a flash sintering regime by which the bulk cylindrical specimens densify in a few seconds; however, this goes together with a strong localization of the current flow within the material, leading to a dramatic lack of microstructural and compositional homogeneity. The situation changes under the alternate field; a more gradual FAST (Field Assisted Sintering) event is produced which allows the attainment of an exceptional microstructural homogeneity through the whole sintered compacts. Upon Ti-doping the overall diffusivity of the system is delayed but the AC conditions again yield a remarkable microstructural homogeneity in the consolidated material, this time even at the nanoscale level. Accordingly, bulk BiFeO ceramics with homogeneous micro-nanostructure can be successfully prepared by an ECAS methodology and at lower temperatures and much shorter times than by conventional solid-state sintering. |
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