TY - JOUR
T1 - Formation of needle-like titanium oxynitride particles through nitridation of hydrated titanates
AU - Kiyono, Hajime
AU - Tsumura, Tomoki
AU - Kiyo, Tateki
AU - Toyoda, Masahiro
AU - Shimada, Shiro
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was financially supported by the Iwatani Naoji Foundation .
Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - The process of nitridation of hydrated titanate wires was examined by thermal gravimetric (TG) analysis in an NH3/Ar (50/50 vol.%) gas mixture, X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement, field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) observations and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) analysis. The nitridation of the hydrated titanate nanowires was accompanied by a two-stage weight loss. In the first stage, occurring in the temperature range of 50-400 °C, the hydrated titanate wires changed to anatase-type TiO2 nanoparticles with the releasing of H2O molecules. In the second stage, occurring in the temperature range of 700-1000 °C, the TiO2 nanoparticles were converted to rock-salt-type titanium oxynitride (TiNxOy) nanoparticles. Subsequently, the TiNxOy nanoparticles were sintered each other at around 1000 °C. Under a gas flow of 100% NH 3, the hydrated titanate wires were completely changed to TiN xOy particles at a temperature greater than 950 °C, which was maintained for 2 h. It is possible to fabricate needle-like TiN xOy particles by selecting thick hydrated titanate wires as the starting materials.
AB - The process of nitridation of hydrated titanate wires was examined by thermal gravimetric (TG) analysis in an NH3/Ar (50/50 vol.%) gas mixture, X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement, field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) observations and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) analysis. The nitridation of the hydrated titanate nanowires was accompanied by a two-stage weight loss. In the first stage, occurring in the temperature range of 50-400 °C, the hydrated titanate wires changed to anatase-type TiO2 nanoparticles with the releasing of H2O molecules. In the second stage, occurring in the temperature range of 700-1000 °C, the TiO2 nanoparticles were converted to rock-salt-type titanium oxynitride (TiNxOy) nanoparticles. Subsequently, the TiNxOy nanoparticles were sintered each other at around 1000 °C. Under a gas flow of 100% NH 3, the hydrated titanate wires were completely changed to TiN xOy particles at a temperature greater than 950 °C, which was maintained for 2 h. It is possible to fabricate needle-like TiN xOy particles by selecting thick hydrated titanate wires as the starting materials.
KW - Hydrated titanate
KW - Needle-like particles
KW - Nitridation
KW - Titanium oxynitride
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.03.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79957497628
SN - 0272-8842
VL - 37
SP - 1813
EP - 1817
JO - Ceramics International
JF - Ceramics International
IS - 6
ER -