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Synthesis of Fe:ZnSe nanopowders via the co‐precipitation method for processing transparent ceramics
Author(s) -
Yu Shengquan,
Wu Yiquan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.16612
Subject(s) - materials science , microstructure , calcination , ceramic , sintering , transparent ceramics , grain size , spark plasma sintering , precipitation , transmittance , nanometre , chemical engineering , particle size , analytical chemistry (journal) , metallurgy , mineralogy , composite material , chromatography , optoelectronics , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , meteorology , engineering , catalysis
Fe:ZnSe nanopowders were synthesized via the co‐precipitation method for fabricating transparent ceramics. Fe x Zn 1− x Se (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.06) powders that were calcined at 400°C yielded a single‐phased cubic ZnSe, but when the calcination temperature was raised to 500‐600°C, ZnO phase was created. Introduction of pressure could avoid appearance of ZnO. XRD Scherrer analysis revealed a monotonic increase in lattice parameter with increasing Fe 2+ content. The average powder particle size increased with calcination temperature from several nanometers at 80°C to hundreds of nanometers at 600°C. Attempts to pressurelessly sinter ZnSe powders resulted in the partial decomposition of ZnSe, thus spark plasma sintering was employed to sinter Fe 0.01 Zn 0.99 Se transparent ceramics with pure ZnSe phase composition, which could be well sintered at 950°C for 30 minutes under an applied pressure of 60 MPa. SEM observations of the polished and thermally etched microstructure of the ceramic revealed a dense microstructure with average grain size of approximately 35 μm, and a few micropores were observed at the grain boundaries. The transparent ceramic exhibited good transmittance in the mid‐far infrared range, with the highest transmittance 57% at 12 μm. This paper confirmed the scheme of synthesis of Fe:ZnSe nanopowders by liquid‐phase co‐precipitation method for sintering transparent ceramics.