RT Journal Article
T1 Spark plasma versus conventional sintering in the electrical properties of Nasicon-type materials
A1 Pérez Estébanez, M.
A1 Isasi Marín, Josefa
A1 Rivera Calzada, Alberto Carlos
A1 León Yebra, Carlos
A1 Nygren, M.
AB Li_(1+x)M_(x)Ti_(2−x)(PO_(4))_(3) powders with x = 0 and 0.3 and M = Al, Cr and Fe have been sintered by conventional sintering (CS) and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), and the electrical properties have been compared. The use of SPS allows preparing samples with higher density at lower temperature and shorter time than the CS, avoiding segregation of secondary phases and with reduced crystallite size. The introduction of aluminum, chromium and iron in the LiTi_(2)(PO_(4))_(3) (LTP) clearly enhances ionic conductivity even if the samples have similar densities. Despite the different level of density reached with CS and SPS, the activation energies of dc and grain boundary contributions are very similar and the differences in ionic conductivity are determined by pre-exponential factors. The samples produced by SPS showed a well-defined grain boundary meaning a more homogenous electrical contact.
PB Elsevier Science SA
SN 0925-8388
YR 2015
FD 2015-12-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24313
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24313
LA eng
NO © 2016 Elsevier B.V. This research has been financed by the “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación” (MICINN, Spain) and by the “Fundación Neurociencias y Envejecimiento” (Spain) through grants MAT2010-18432 and 4153592, 4143942 respectively as well as by the MAT2013-40722-R project.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN, Spain)
NO Fundación Neurociencias y Envejecimiento (Spain)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 abr 2025