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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C
卷 5, 期 6, 页码 1514-1521出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6tc05197a
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- Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship of the European Community Human Potential Program [PIIF-GA-2013-622847]
- European Thermodynamics Ltd (ETL)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/L017695/1]
- National Science Foundation of China [51202060]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/L017695/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/L017695/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Spark plasma sintering has become a routine method for the densification of thermoelectric (TE) materials. However, the impacts and details of direct Joule heating within TE materials have not been fully quantified and clarified. Here we investigated the feasibility of flash-sintering (high heating rate Joule heating) magnesium silicide stannide (MSS) using a spark plasma sintering furnace. A Mg2.1Si0.487Sn0.5Sb0.013 (MSS) green compact was sandwiched between two graphite punches without a die. Then a DC pulse voltage was applied between the punches and the current passed completely though the compact, without any of the current bypassing through a graphite die as occurs with a convectional SPS die-punch system. The direct heating was so efficient that a heating rate of similar to 1000 degrees C was achieved and the sample was fully sintered in less than 45 s. Due to the high local Joule heating at the contacts of the particles, the MgO distribution pattern was modified and optimised, which broke the coated passivation layer on the MSS aggregates. The onset densification temperature was 170 to 350 degrees C lower than that in convectional SPS (750 degrees C). Importantly, it was possible to produce dense samples in a wide sintering window of similar to 6 s, and the flash-sintering was controllable and repeatable. Flash sintering could open a new way for rapid densification of dense nanostructured and/or textured TE materials with low electrical resistivity by optimising the distribution or removal of the surface oxidation of the powder grains.
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