Low temperature self-densification of high strength bulk hexagonal boron nitride

Haotian Yang, Hailiang Fang, Hui Yu, Yongjun Chen, Lianjun Wang (), Wan Jiang, Yiquan Wu () and Jianlin Li ()
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Haotian Yang: Hainan University
Hailiang Fang: Donghua University
Hui Yu: Hainan University
Yongjun Chen: Hainan University
Lianjun Wang: Donghua University
Wan Jiang: Donghua University
Yiquan Wu: Alfred University
Jianlin Li: Hainan University

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) ceramics are expected to have wide applications at high temperatures as both a structural and functional material. However, because of its flake structure and general inertness, it is currently impossible to sinter hBN powder to a dense bulk (with a relative density of above 96%) even at 2000 °C. Here, we report dense bulk hBN with 97.6% theoretical density achieved at a lower preparation temperature (1700 °C) via a self-densifying mechanism without sintering additives. During the sintering process, cubic boron nitride particles incorporated into the hBN flake powders transform into BN onions with a significant volume increase, thus filling in voids among the hBN flakes and highly densifying the hBN bulks. The resulting dense hBN ceramics possess 2–3 times the strength of traditional hBN ceramics. This phase-transition-induced volume expansion strategy could lead to dense sintered compacts with high performance in other ceramic systems.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08580-9

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