Grain evolution of nano-crystals ZnO under HP and HT

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 49 - Trang 281-290 - 2006
Guangjie Shao1, Xiujuan Qin1, Riping Liu1, Wenkui Wang1,2, Yushu Yao2
1Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China
2Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Tóm tắt

Grain evolution of nano-crystals ZnO under high temperature and pressure is studied using a cubic high pressure apparatus. The structure, grain sizes and morphology of the samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the grain sizes of ZnO grow rapidly at temperature 200°C under pressure. At temperature lower than 300°C (including 300°C), the grain sizes of the samples first increase with the pressure increasing from 1 to 3 GPa and later decrease from 4 to 6 GPa. The activation volume from 1 to 3 GPa and from 4 to 6 GPa is calculated respectively using the phenomenological kinetic grain growth equation at temperature 300°C. At temperature higher than 400°C (including 400°C), the grain sizes of the samples increase with the pressure increasing from 1 to 6 GPa. ZnO nano-bulks with good quality can be obtained under the specific conditions.

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