Bingxue Han , Chongyang Chen , Lijia Chen , Bin Wu , Zhijun Wang , Benshuang Sun , Jilin He
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Abstract
How to refine the grain has been a difficult problem in the preparation of high-performance ceramic targets. In this work, the doping-induced grain refinement strategy was proposed, indium zinc oxide doped with different concentrations of Pr (Pr-doped IZO, PrIZO) targets were obtained by optimizing the sintering time and holding temperature. Effects of Pr doping content on the density, phase microevolution, grain size and resistivity during the densification process as well as the kinetics of the grain growth and the mechanism of grain refinement of PrIZO targets were investigated in detail. The results demonstrated that PrIZO targets with the atomic ratios of Pr:In:Zn = 0.01-0.03:1:1 all exhibited the excellent performance with high densification (>99.10 %) and mere average grain size (<3.0 μm) at low sintering temperature of 1350 °C. Additionally, XRD and EDS analysis indicated that PrIZO targets were composed of In2O3 and Zn3In2O6 with slight PrInO3, which formed by the limited solid solubility of Pr element. Combined with theoretical calculations, it inferred that the mechanism of grain refinement was attributed to the solute transformation and fine PrInO3 distributed at the grain boundaries of In2O3 phases, which produced the drag effect of grain boundary migration, then hindering the further growth of grains.
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Ceramics International covers the science of advanced ceramic materials. The journal encourages contributions that demonstrate how an understanding of the basic chemical and physical phenomena may direct materials design and stimulate ideas for new or improved processing techniques, in order to obtain materials with desired structural features and properties.
Ceramics International covers oxide and non-oxide ceramics, functional glasses, glass ceramics, amorphous inorganic non-metallic materials (and their combinations with metal and organic materials), in the form of particulates, dense or porous bodies, thin/thick films and laminated, graded and composite structures. Process related topics such as ceramic-ceramic joints or joining ceramics with dissimilar materials, as well as surface finishing and conditioning are also covered. Besides traditional processing techniques, manufacturing routes of interest include innovative procedures benefiting from externally applied stresses, electromagnetic fields and energetic beams, as well as top-down and self-assembly nanotechnology approaches. In addition, the journal welcomes submissions on bio-inspired and bio-enabled materials designs, experimentally validated multi scale modelling and simulation for materials design, and the use of the most advanced chemical and physical characterization techniques of structure, properties and behaviour.
Technologically relevant low-dimensional systems are a particular focus of Ceramics International. These include 0, 1 and 2-D nanomaterials (also covering CNTs, graphene and related materials, and diamond-like carbons), their nanocomposites, as well as nano-hybrids and hierarchical multifunctional nanostructures that might integrate molecular, biological and electronic components.