Biomorphous SiC ceramics prepared from cork oak as precursor

Abstract

Porous ceramic materials of SiC were synthesized from carbon matrices obtained via pyrolysis of natural cork as precursor. We propose a method for the fabrication of complex-shaped porous ceramic hardware consisting of separate parts prepared from natural cork. It is demonstrated that the thickness of the carbon-matrix walls can be increased through their impregnation with Bakelite phenolic glue solution followed by pyrolysis. This decreases the material's porosity and can be used as a way to modify its mechanical and thermal characteristics. Both the carbon matrices (resulted from the pyrolysis step) and the resultant SiC ceramics are shown to be pseudomorphous to the structure of initial cork. Depending on the synthesis temperature, 3C-SiC, 6H-SiC, or a mixture of these polytypes, could be obtained. By varying the mass ratio of initial carbon and silicon components, stoichiometric SiC or SiC:C:Si, SiC:C, and SiC:Si ceramics could be produced. The structure, as well as chemical and phase composition of the prepared materials were studied by means of Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2016.01.003
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Additional Information: © 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Funding: Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme “TelaSens” project, Research Executive Agency (269271), Programme: FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES.
Uncontrolled Keywords: biomorphous SiC ceramics,Cork,pyrolysis,Raman scattering,scanning electron microscopy,SiC synthesis,Condensed Matter Physics,Chemistry(all),Materials Science(all)
Publication ISSN: 1879-2553
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2024 08:16
Date Deposited: 09 Feb 2016 09:55
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-04
Published Online Date: 2016-01-06
Accepted Date: 2016-01-05
Submitted Date: 2015-09-30
Authors: Yukhymchuk, V.O.
Kiselov, V.S.
Valakh, M.Ya
Tryus, M.P.
Skoryk, M.A.
Rozhin, A.G. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-2271-8227)
Kulinich, S.A. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1365-9221)
Belyaev, A.E.

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