ZnO nanocrystalline powder synthesized by
ultrasonic mist-chemical vapour deposition
پودر نانوکریستالین ZnO سنتز شده با روش رسوب تبخیر بخار شیمیایی فراصوتی
ABSTRACT
In this paper, we report on the synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanocrystalline powder grown by ultrasonic mist-chemical vapour deposition (UM-CVD) which is a promising method for large-area deposition at low temperatures taking into account of its simplicity, inexpensiveness and safety. The morphology and crystallite size of the ZnO nanopowder characterized by FESEM and TEM revealed that the powder consisted of the mixture of nanoparticles with particle size of 50–100 nm. The XRD results indicated that the synthesized ZnO powder had the pure wurtzite structure with lattice parameters a and c of 3.244 and 5.297 nm, and c/a ratio of 1.6, respectively. High temperature XRD studies of ZnO nanopowder showed that the crystallite size increased with increasing temperature with a systematic shift in peak positions towards lower 2h values due to change in lattice parameters. Temperature dependence of the lattice constants shows linear increase in their values. Diffraction patterns of ZnO nanopowder obtained from TEM were also in agreement with the XRD results. The synthesized powder exhibited the estimated direct band gap (Eg) of 3.43 eV. The optical band gap calculated from Tauc’s relation and the band gap calculated from the particle size inferred from XRD were in agreement with each other. 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Reactive sintering process and thermoelectric properties of
boron rich boron carbides
فرایند زینترینگ انفعالی و خواص ترموالکتریک کاربیدهای غنی از بور
ABSTRACT
Dense boron rich boron carbides were reactive sintered by hot pressing at 2050 °C using elementary boronsingle bondcarbon compositions with carbon contents of 9.1, 11.1, 13.3 and 18.8 at.%. The following material characteristics are presented: relative density, SEM images, EDX, X-ray diffraction and corresponding lattice parameters, Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power factor. Significant grain growth has been obtained with increasing boron content. A deeper understanding of the boron and carbon reaction and the overall sintering process is gained by thermal and chemical analysis in combination with X-ray diffraction. Additionally a thermal experiment with boron and carbon layers illustrates the solid state diffusion behaviour. The found results of boron carbide properties of this paper correspond with results by other authors. The aim is to correlate technological aspects of sintering procedure with material properties. This should help to improve the thermoelectric efficiency of boron carbide based materials.
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