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Grain growth mechanism and thermoelectric properties of hot press and spark plasma sintered Na-doped PbTe
摘要: We investigated he thermoelectric (TE) properties and microstructures of Na-doped PbTe compounds, synthesized by various milling and sintering processes. It has been generally accepted that spark plasma sintering (SPS) inhibits grain growth due to the short sintering time, which is bene?cial to the nano bulk composite. In contrast, we observed abnormal grain growth for SPS, unlike hot press (HP) sintering. Considering the Gibbs free energy change during sintering, the HP sintering increases internal energy while the SPS increases entropy energy, which causes the abnormal grain growth. Lattice strain and Fourier transform analyses of the transmission electron microscope images showed that the SPS sintered samples had more signi?cant lattice strains and defects than the HP sintered samples. The low thermal conductivity of the SPS sintered samples was not from grain boundary phonon scattering but from phonon scattering by lattice strains and defects. The lattice strains and defects decreased electrical conductivity as well, resulting in deterioration of the power factor and thermoelectric performance. This suggests that the lattice strains and defects are more critical factors for enhancing thermoelectric per- formance than particle and grain size control.
关键词: Grain growth,Thermoelectric,Hot press,Spark plasma sintering,ZT
更新于2025-11-21 10:59:37
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Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Textured Lead-Free Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-Based Ceramics
摘要: This work provides a comparative study of the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of randomly oriented and textured 0.88Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-0.08K0.5Bi0.5TiO3-0.04BaTiO3 (88NBT) ceramics. Textured ceramics were fabricated by template grain growth (TGG) method using NaNbO3 (NN) for templates. For textured ceramics with 4 wt% NN templates, a Lotgering factor of 96% and piezoelectric coe?cient d33 of 185 pC/N were obtained. Compared to the randomly oriented ceramics, textured ceramics show lower strain hysteresis (H = 7.6%), higher unipolar strain of 0.041% with corresponding large signal piezoelectric coe?cient d33* of 200 pm/V at applied ?eld of 2 kV/mm. This enhancement can be explained by the grain orientation along <001> direction by texturing, where an engineered domain con?guration is formed after polarization, leading to decreased hysteresis and increased piezoelectric property.
关键词: electrical conductivity,textured ceramics,template grain growth,piezoelectric materials
更新于2025-11-14 17:28:48
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Hydrothermal synthesis of tellurium nanorods by using recovered tellurium from waste electronic devices
摘要: Tellurium (Te) nanostructures with controlled morphology have received considerable attention in various applications owing to tunable optic, thermoelectric, photoelectronic, piezoelectric, and electrochemical properties. Herein, we introduce the cost-effective and eco-friendly synthesis of Te nanorods (Te NRs) from end of life electronic devices via hydrothermal methods. The Te NRs show the average diameter of 44.6 nm and a length of 358 nm in presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone, as a stabilizing agent. Moreover, the bismuth and intact p-type semiconductor (i.e., Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3) are selectively recovered as intermediated products. The Te NRs exhibit the NO2 gas sensing properties with concentration as low as 1 ppm at room temperature and fast response/recovery times of 1.59 and 2.10 s at 1 ppm, respectively. We believe that this powerful approach can be expanded to not only selective recovery of valuable materials but synthesis of various nanomaterials from waste electronic devices.
关键词: Recycling,Grain growth,Chemical properties,Powders: chemical preparation,Sensors
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Phase field modeling of grain boundary migration and preferential grain growth driven by electric current stressing
摘要: A phase field model incorporating the electrostatic free energy and the grain orientation effect is developed and employed to study the grain boundary migration and preferential grain growth in widely used beta-tin (β-Sn) under electric current stressing. The directional migration of grain boundaries and the preferential growth of the grain with its orientation having low electrical resistivity along the electric current direction are theoretically clarified. In a bicrystal system containing a circular grain, the shrinkage velocity and morphology changes of grains are dominated by the competition effect between the grain boundary energy and the electrostatic free energy; in particular, the high-density electric current can induce the instability of grain morphology evolution. Moreover, grain morphology evolution leads to the change of the voltage across the β-Sn system; it is found that the voltage decreases over time in a tricrystal system, while the variation of the voltage across the bicrystal system is related to the above-mentioned competition effect. The proposed model and results provide insights into the orientation-related microstructure evolution under electric current stressing.
关键词: preferential grain growth,electric current stressing,microstructure evolution,grain boundary migration,beta-tin,phase field model
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Controlled-Atmosphere Sintering of KNbO3
摘要: The e?ect of sintering atmosphere (O2, air, N2, N2-5% H2, and H2) on the densi?cation, grain growth, and structure of KNbO3 was studied. KNbO3 powder was prepared by solid state reaction, and samples were sintered at 1040 C for 1–10 h. The sample microstructure was studied using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The sample structure was studied using X-Ray Di?raction (XRD). H2-sintered samples showed reduced density, whereas other sintering atmospheres did not a?ect density much. Samples sintered in N2-5% H2 showed abnormal grain growth, whereas sintering in other atmospheres caused stagnant (O2, air, N2) or pseudo-normal (H2) grain growth behavior. Samples sintered in reducing atmospheres showed decreased orthorhombic unit cell distortion. The grain growth behavior was explained by the mixed control theory. An increase in vacancy concentration caused by sintering in reducing atmospheres led to a decrease in the step free energy and the critical driving force for appreciable grain growth. This caused grain growth behavior to change from stagnant to abnormal and eventually pseudo-normal.
关键词: lead-free piezoelectric,microstructure grain growth,alkali niobate
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Hybrid Ligand Exchange of Cu(In,Ga)S <sub/>2</sub> Nanoparticles for Carbon Impurity Removal in Solution Processed Photovoltaics
摘要: The solution processing of Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 photovoltaics from colloidal nanoparticles has long suffered from deleterious carbonaceous residues originating from long chain native ligands. This impurity carbon has been observed to hinder grain formation during selenization and leave a discrete residue layer between the absorber layer and the back contact. In this work, organic and inorganic ligand exchanges were investigated to remove tightly bound native oleylamine ligands from Cu(In,Ga)S2 nanoparticles, thereby removing the source of carbon contamination. However, incomplete ligand removal, poor colloidal stability, and/or selective metal etching was observed for these methods. As such, an exhaustive hybrid organic/inorganic ligand exchange was developed to bypass the limitations of individual methods. A combination of microwave-assisted solvothermal pyridine ligand stripping followed by inorganic capping with diammonium sulfide was developed and yielded greater than 98% removal of native ligands via a rapid process. Despite the aggressive ligand removal, the nanoparticle stoichiometry remained largely unaffected when making use of the hybrid ligand exchange. Furthermore, highly stable colloidal ink formulations using non-toxic dimethyl sulfoxide were developed, supporting stable nanoparticle mass concentrations exceeding 200 mg/mL. Scalable blade coating of the ligand exchanged nanoparticle inks yielded remarkably smooth and microcrack free films with RMS roughness less than 7 nm. Selenization of ligand exchanged nanoparticle films afforded substantially improved grain growth as compared to conventional non-ligand exchanged methods yielding an absolute improvement in device efficiency of 2.8%. Hybrid ligand exchange nanoparticle based devices reached total-area power conversion efficiencies of 12.0%, demonstrating the feasibility and promise of ligand exchanged colloidal nanoparticles for the solution processing of Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 photovoltaics.
关键词: hybrid ligand exchange,blade coating,diammonium sulfide,carbon impurity removal,photovoltaics,grain growth,Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2,solution processing,ligand exchange,selenization,microwave-assisted solvothermal,colloidal nanoparticles,device efficiency
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Orientation factor and piezoelectric property in textured (K,Na)NbO <sub/>3</sub> system ceramics with minimal templates
摘要: To lower the sintering temperature and decrease the weight ratio of templates required for fabricating textured (K,Na)NbO3 (KNN) system ceramics, the method of preparing platelike NaNbO3 (NN) single-crystal particles for the templates was improved. The NN crystal particles synthesized by the single-step molten salt method using a mixed salt were treated by ultrasonic vibration and subsequently screened. Using these improved templates, we developed the fabrication method for the textured KNN system ceramics by which the weight ratio of the templates required for the orientation control can be reduced to 1/10 of the conventional weight ratio. The effects of decreasing the weight ratio of templates on sintering temperature, orientation factor, and piezoelectric properties were investigated. In addition, the effects of adding Bi2O3 to KNN calcined powder were also studied to suppress abnormal grain growth, which appears in the textured samples fabricated using smaller amounts of the templates.
关键词: reactive template grain growth,molten salt synthesis,Bi2O3 addition,lead-free piezoelectric materials,ultrasonic treatment,textured ceramics
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Grain Growth Behavior of 0.95(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3a??0.05BaTiO3 Controlled by Grain Shape and Second Phase
摘要: The grain growth behavior of 0.95(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 –0.05BaTiO3 (mole fraction, NBT–5BT) grains was investigated with excess Bi2O3 addition. The powder compacts of NBT–5BT were sintered at 1200 °C for various sintering times and with various amounts of Bi2O3 (0.1, 1.5, 4.0 and 10.0 mol%). When Bi2O3 was added to round-edged cubic NBT–5BT, the grain shape changed to a more faceted cube and the amount of liquid phase increased during sintering. A more faceted cubic grain shape indicates an increase in the critical driving force for appreciable growth of grains. However, obvious abnormal grain growth did not appear in any of the NBT–5BT samples with excess Bi2O3. The amount of liquid phase increased as the amount of Bi2O3 increased. Therefore, the rate of grain growth could be decreased by the increasing the distance for the di?usion of atoms. These observations allowed us to conclude that the growth of Bi2O3-excess NBT–5BT grains is governed by the growth of facet planes via the two-dimensional nucleation grain growth mechanism during changing grain shape and amount of liquid.
关键词: grain growth,grain shape,liquid phase,sintering,NBT-BT,microstructure
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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In-process measurement of melt pool cross-sectional geometry and grain orientation in a laser directed energy deposition additive manufacturing process
摘要: Understanding the behaviour of melt pool during laser directed energy deposition (L-DED) is essential for the prediction and control of process quality. Previous effort was focused on the observation of melt pool surface characteristics. In this paper, a coaxial imaging system was employed to determine the melt pool cross sectional geometry and to predict solidified grain orientation during a high deposition rate L-DED process. The image processing procedure, deposition track cross-sectional profile prediction and the relationship between melt pool shape and melt pool dynamics, and grain growth orientation were investigated. Results show that sharp melt pool edges can be obtained so that melt pool width can be predicted with an accuracy of more than 95%. The estimation method of melt pool length has an accuracy of 90%. With the experimental melt pool width and depth data, the cross-sectional profiles of deposited track are predicted at an accuracy of 92% and a good match with experimental data is obtained. The melt pool formation is found to be able to allow the prediction of crystal growth directions during solidification.
关键词: Melt pool dimension,Laser additive manufacturing,Track geometry,Laser directed energy deposition,Grain growth
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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[IEEE 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) - Chicago, IL, USA (2019.6.16-2019.6.21)] 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) - Growth Evolution of Polycrystalline CdTe/CdS with Atomic Scale Resolution via Molecular Dynamics
摘要: A new method to study polycrystalline growth of CdTe layers has been developed using Molecular Dynamics (MD). The results show the creation of polycrystalline CdTe/CdS structures that closely recreate the morphology of experimental polycrystalline growth. The growth shows the nucleation and coalescence of grains at early stages for CdS on amorphous CdS and CdTe on polycrystalline CdS.
关键词: grain boundaries,grain growth evolution,polycrystalline structures,molecular dynamics
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59