Abstract
Aluminum nitride (AlN) porous-shell hollow spheres with diameters ranging from 2 to 3 μm and porous-shell thickness of about 120 nm were successfully prepared via a facile combustion synthesis route in the presence of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), in which porous-shell was composed of a large number of irregular nanoparticles. These synthesized spheres were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) measurements. The possibility of the reactions of PTFE with Al particles was also investigated by thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC). It was found that PTFE was not only an active agent for the nitridation of Al particles, but also a structure-directing agent for the formation of this hollow structure. Based on the experimental results, a possible model for the growth of AlN porous-shell hollow spheres was proposed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4663-4667 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Ceramics International |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2013 |
Keywords
- Combustion synthesis
- Hollow spheres
- Microstructure
- Powder technology