Microstructure and properties of nano-laminated Y3Si2C2 ceramics fabricated via in situ reaction by spark plasma sintering

Lin-Kun SHI; Xiaobing ZHOU; Jian-Qing DAI; Ke CHEN; Zhengren HUANG; Qing HUANG

doi:10.1007/s40145-021-0459-0

Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2021, 10(3): 578-586 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-021-0459-0

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Microstructure and properties of nano-laminated Y₃Si₂C₂ ceramics fabricated via in situ reaction by spark plasma sintering

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Lin-Kun SHI^{^a^,^b}, Xiaobing ZHOU^{^b}(

), Jian-Qing DAI^{^a}(

), Ke CHEN^{^b}, Zhengren HUANG^{^b}, Qing HUANG^{^b}

aFaculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China

bEngineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China

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spark plasma sintering (SPS), properties, Y₃Si₂C₂, rare earth silicide carbides, ternary layered structure ceramic

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SHI L-K, ZHOU X, DAI J-Q, et al. Microstructure and properties of nano-laminated Y₃Si₂C₂ ceramics fabricated via in situ reaction by spark plasma sintering. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2021, 10(3): 578-586. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-021-0459-0

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A nano-laminated Y₃Si₂C₂ ceramic material was successfully synthesized via an in situ reaction between YH₂ and SiC using spark plasma sintering technology. A MAX phase-like ternary layered structure of Y₃Si₂C₂ was observed at the atomic-scale by high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The lattice parameters calculated from both X-ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction patterns are in good agreement with the reported theoretical results. The nano-laminated fracture of kink boundaries, delamination, and slipping were observed at the tip of the Vickers indents. The elastic modulus and Vickers hardness of Y₃Si₂C₂ ceramics (with 5.5 wt% Y₂O₃) sintered at 1500 ℃ were 156 and 6.4 GPa, respectively. The corresponding values of thermal and electrical conductivity were 13.7 W·m^-1·K^-1 and 6.3×10⁵ S·m^-1, respectively.

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Microstructure and properties of nano-laminated Y₃Si₂C₂ ceramics fabricated via in situ reaction by spark plasma sintering

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Lin-Kun SHI^{^a^,^b}, Xiaobing ZHOU^{^b}(

), Jian-Qing DAI^{^a}(

), Ke CHEN^{^b}, Zhengren HUANG^{^b}, Qing HUANG^{^b}

aFaculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China

bEngineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China

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Keywords: spark plasma sintering (SPS), properties, Y₃Si₂C₂, rare earth silicide carbides, ternary layered structure ceramic

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Received: 01 October 2020

Revised: 08 January 2021

Accepted: 12 January 2021

Published: 26 April 2021

Issue date: June 2021

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We would like to appreciate the support from the Ningbo 3315 Innovative Teams Program, China (Grant No. 2019A-14-C). This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11975296 and 51811540402).

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