Highly transparent yttrium titanate (Y 2 Ti 2 O 7 ) ceramics from co-precipitated powders

Zhengjuan Wang, Xiaojun Wang, Guohong Zhou, Jianjun Xie, Shiwei Wang

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Abstract

Highly transparent yttrium titanate (Y 2 Ti 2 O 7 ) ceramics were fabricated by vacuum sintering using co-precipitated powders for the first time. The effects of the powder calcination temperature on the phase composition, morphology of the calcined powders, and on the microstructure and transmittance of the Y 2 Ti 2 O 7 ceramics were investigated. When the calcination temperature was above 850 °C, pure phase Y 2 Ti 2 O 7 nanopowders with high sintering activity were obtained. Transparent Y 2 Ti 2 O 7 ceramics were obtained after vacuum sintered at 1600 °C for 6 h and annealed at 1100 °C for 5 h in air. The highest transmittance reached 73% at 1000 nm when the calcination temperature was 1150 °C. The measured refractive index of Y 2 Ti 2 O 7 ceramics was higher than 2.24 at the wavelength range of 350–1000 nm, making it a promising candidate for optical devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3229-3234
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume39
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2019

Keywords

  • Co-precipitation method
  • Transparent ceramics
  • Vacuum sintering
  • Yttrium titanate

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