Abstract
ZnSe powders have been synthesized using two different methods: hydrothermal and high energy ball milling. The obtained powders have been dispersed and separated through the ultrasonic process. A comparison has been made between the powders by means of X-Ray powder Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The as-prepared ZnSe powders and the fine powders obtained after ultrasonic separation have been sintered by conventional uniaxial Hot-Pressing (HP) technique in order to prepare ZnSe bulk ceramics. The optical properties of the ceramics have been characterized and compared. As a result, the sintering of the fine hydrothermal powder presents the best transparency in the visible and infrared range. The transmission exceeds 60% in the range from 11 to 19 μm..
Keywords
Chalcogenides, Chemical synthesis, X-ray diffraction, Infrared spectroscopy, Optical properties.
Citation
G. ZHOU, L. CALVEZ, G. DELAIZIR, X.-H. ZHANG, J. ROCHERULLE, Comparative study of ZnSe powders synthesized by two different methods and sintered by Hot-Pressing, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 5-6, May-June 2014, pp.436-441 (2014).
Submitted at: Dec. 20, 2013
Accepted at: May 15, 2014