Improved radiation damage tolerance of titanium nitride ceramics by introduction of vacancy defects

TiN and TiN0.7 were irradiated using a 100keV Ar-ion beam at 600°C to target doses of 3×1017ionscm−2. SRIM estimation, GIXRD and fluorescence analysis have been performed to evaluate the effect of pre-existing vacancy defect on the radiation tolerance. The lattice parameter of TiN increased after ir...

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Published in:Journal of the European Ceramic Society 2014-03, Vol.34 (3), p.633-639
Main Authors: Xue, Jia-Xiang, Zhang, Guo-Jun, Guo, Li-Ping, Zhang, Hai-Bin, Wang, Xin-Gang, Zou, Ji, Peng, Shu-Ming, Long, Xing-Gui
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ceramics
Defects
Fluorescence
Interstitials
Irradiation
Lattice parameters
Lattice vacancies
Radiation tolerance
Self-heal
Titanium nitride
Vacancy defect
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Summary:TiN and TiN0.7 were irradiated using a 100keV Ar-ion beam at 600°C to target doses of 3×1017ionscm−2. SRIM estimation, GIXRD and fluorescence analysis have been performed to evaluate the effect of pre-existing vacancy defect on the radiation tolerance. The lattice parameter of TiN increased after irradiation due to interstitial atoms and vacancies in as-irradiated TiN. In contrary, the lattice parameter decreased for as-irradiated TiN0.7, which indicates that the nitrogen atom vacancies in TiN0.7 acted as sinks for displacement atoms generated by irradiation to limit interstitial atoms existing. The intensity of peaks in fluorescence spectrum of as-irradiated TiN was higher than that of as-irradiated TiN0.7. That attributed to the presence of color centers formed by Frenkel defects in as-irradiated TiN. All of the results indicate that introducing vacancy defect in materials would offer capability to realize self-heal of irradiation damage.
ISSN:0955-2219
1873-619X
DOI:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.10.012