The dual role of electric field in the flash sintering process of conducting MnCo2O4 is demonstrated. The flash and conventionally sintered MnCo2O4 samples produced at different temperatures are characterized using energy dispersive X-ray and micro-Raman spectroscopy to elucidate the micro-level spatial distribution of evolved phases. Raman signal mapping over the two ways sintered samples exposes differently grown areas of cobalt oxide based secondary phase. Electrical conductivity of conventionally sintered sample is recorded as a function of temperature and E-field and is utilized to discover the charge carrier activation mechanism during the flash effect. The conductivity before the flash-onset is shown to be comparable to that occurs by Poole-Frenkel effect and Phonon-assisted tunneling i.e. by the mechanism that occurs before the dielectric breakdown of semiconductors and insulators. The observed results, finally, confirm that catalyst like drift action of E-field on cobalt oxide formation is responsible for enhancement in the flash-sintering.

Phenomenological understanding of flash sintering in MnCo2O4 / Gaur, Anshu; Mahamad, Ahamad Mohiddon; Sglavo, Vincenzo M.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 0955-2219. - 2018, 38:13(2018), pp. 4543-4552. [10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.06.006]

Phenomenological understanding of flash sintering in MnCo2O4

Mahamad, Ahamad Mohiddon;Sglavo, Vincenzo M.
2018-01-01

Abstract

The dual role of electric field in the flash sintering process of conducting MnCo2O4 is demonstrated. The flash and conventionally sintered MnCo2O4 samples produced at different temperatures are characterized using energy dispersive X-ray and micro-Raman spectroscopy to elucidate the micro-level spatial distribution of evolved phases. Raman signal mapping over the two ways sintered samples exposes differently grown areas of cobalt oxide based secondary phase. Electrical conductivity of conventionally sintered sample is recorded as a function of temperature and E-field and is utilized to discover the charge carrier activation mechanism during the flash effect. The conductivity before the flash-onset is shown to be comparable to that occurs by Poole-Frenkel effect and Phonon-assisted tunneling i.e. by the mechanism that occurs before the dielectric breakdown of semiconductors and insulators. The observed results, finally, confirm that catalyst like drift action of E-field on cobalt oxide formation is responsible for enhancement in the flash-sintering.
2018
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Gaur, Anshu; Mahamad, Ahamad Mohiddon; Sglavo, Vincenzo M.
Phenomenological understanding of flash sintering in MnCo2O4 / Gaur, Anshu; Mahamad, Ahamad Mohiddon; Sglavo, Vincenzo M.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 0955-2219. - 2018, 38:13(2018), pp. 4543-4552. [10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.06.006]
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