Influence of calcination temperature on phase transformation and grain size of electrospun zirconium oxide fibers

Zirconium oxide fiber was prepared by electrospinning technique and sol–gel processing from zirconium acetate and poly(methyl methacryate) (PMMA) as precursor. Calcination of these structures between temperature of 450 and 1000°C resulted in the formation of zirconium oxide fiber whose diameters ran...

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Published in:Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 2012/06/01, Vol.120(1402), pp.229-232
Main Authors: PARK, Ju-Young, LEE, In-Hwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Calcination
Ceramics
Crystal growth
Electrospinning
Electrospun
Fibers
Fibres
Grain size
Phase transformation
Polymethyl methacrylates
Zirconium
Zirconium dioxide
Zirconium oxide fiber
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Summary:Zirconium oxide fiber was prepared by electrospinning technique and sol–gel processing from zirconium acetate and poly(methyl methacryate) (PMMA) as precursor. Calcination of these structures between temperature of 450 and 1000°C resulted in the formation of zirconium oxide fiber whose diameters ranged from 1000 to 500 nm. The samples of calcination at 450 and 500°C were observed of only in the tetragonal phase. The tetragonal phase and monoclinic mixed phase appeared between 600 and 900°C. After calcination at 1000°C, only the monoclinic phase was identified in the XRD patterns. Grain size increased with increasing calcinations temperature. Pure monoclinic phase with grain size of 25.70 nm was obtained from the calcination temperature of 1000°C. The activation energy for grain growth of electrospun zirconium oxide fiber was estimated to be 20.48 kJ/mol.
ISSN:1882-0743
1348-6535
DOI:10.2109/jcersj2.120.229