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Comparative study of ZnSe powders synthesized by two different methods and sintered by Hot-Pressing

G. ZHOU1, L. CALVEZ1, G. DELAIZIR2, X.-H. ZHANG1, J. ROCHERULLE1,*

Affiliation

  1. Equipe Verres et Céramiques, UMR-CNRS 6226 Institut des Sciences Chimiques, Université de Rennes – France
  2. SPCTS, Centre Européen de la Céramique, Université de Limoges – France

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