Room-Temperature Flash-Sintered 3YSZ

Arc-induced microsecond sintering

Achieves ultrafast densification at room temperature via arc induction, circumventing the energy consumption and grain growth of conventional high-temperature sintering.

Li, Yueji · Xu, Chen · Huang, Rongxia · Zhao, Xuetong · Wang, Xilin · Jia, Zhidong

Journal of the European Ceramic Society 2023

Advantages

Flash sintering achieved at room temperature

Arc generation within microseconds

Increasing thermal and electrical conductivities improves success rate of room-temperature FS