The structure of an in-situ formed titanium-boron-carbon coating on a graphite substrate

Publication date: October 2017 Source:New Carbon Materials, Volume 32, Issue 5 Author(s): Jin-hua Yang, Quan-gui Guo, Zhan-jun Liu, Hai-peng Qiu, Jian Jiao A titanium-boron-carbon coating was fabricated on a graphite substrate by heating TiB2 powder on a graphite surface above the eutectic temperature. The coating consisted of a pure graphite layer on the outer surface and a TiB2-C alloy layer inside. The graphite layer had many wrinkles due to the difference in the thermal expansion coefficients of TiB2 and graphite. The TiB2-C alloy layer had a continuous three-dimensional interpenetrating network microstructure. The d 002 value of the graphite in the alloy layer was 0.335 6 nm, which was quite close to that of single crystal graphite (0.335 4 nm). Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicated that the graphite in both layers was doped substitutionally with boron atoms. A water quench thermal shock test verified a high adhesion strength between the coating and the substrate. This method is promising for the fabrication of thermal barrier coatings on carbon materials.

Source: New Carbon Materials - December 16, 2017 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research