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Published November 2009 | Version public
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Effect of pyrolyzation temperature on wood-derived carbon and silicon carbide

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Abstract

The structure of carbon and silicon carbide produced through the pyrolyzation of wood and the subsequent melt-infiltration with silicon was studied as a function of initial carbon pyrolyzation temperature. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, mercury intrusion porosimetry, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy were used to characterize material derived from initial carbon pyrolyzation temperatures in the range of 300–2400 °C. It was determined that, although structural differences abound in carbon pyrolyzed at different temperatures, the resulting silicon carbide is independent of the initial temperature of carbon pyrolyzation.

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© 2009 Elsevier Ltd. Received 4 March 2009; received in revised form 23 April 2009; accepted 30 April 2009; Available online 30 May 2009. This work was funded by the National Science Foundation (DMR-0710630). The SEM, TEM, and Raman Spectroscopy work was performed in the EPIC and Keck-II facilities of NUANCE Center at Northwestern University. NUANCE Center is supported by NSF-NSEC, NSF-MRSEC, Keck Foundation, the State of Illinois, and Northwestern University. This work made use of the J.B. Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility supported by the MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation (DMR-0520513) at the Materials Research Center of Northwestern University.

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47125
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NSF
DMR-0710630
W. M. Keck Foundation
State of Illinois
Northwestern University
NSF
DMR-0520513

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