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Synthesis of sodium beta alumina films by heat treatment of sodium aluminum oxides

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Sodium beta alumina (Na-β-alumina) films were synthesized by heat treatment of NaAl6O9.5 and γ-NaAlO2 films at temperatures of 1 373-1 573 K. Single-phase γ-NaAlO2 and NaAl6O9.5 films were prepared by laser chemical vapor deposition at the deposition temperatures of 976 and 1 100 K, respectively. Subsequent heat treatment of the films resulted in the formation of Na-β-alumina with α-Al2O3 at temperatures above 1 373 K for NaAl6O9.5 and 1 473 K for γ-NaAlO2. On heat treatment at temperatures of 1 473-1 573 K, the faceted morphology with terraces of the as-deposited (110)-oriented γ-NaAlO2 films transformed to a porous morphology with platelet grains comprising Na-β-alumina and α-Al2O3. On heat treatment at temperatures of 1 373-1 473 K, the pyramidal, faceted grains of as-deposited NaAl6O9.5 films transformed to planer, shapeanisotropic morphology in the film of mixed Na-β-alumina and α-Al2O3. A dense morphology was observed in both the as-deposited and heat-treated NaAl6O9.5 films.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Chi Chen  (池晨)

  2. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    Chi Chen  (池晨), Hirokazu Katsui & Takashi Goto

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Funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, a Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (No. 26560235), the ARCMG–IMR Cooperative Program (No. 14G0402) of Tohoku University, and the China Scholarship Council and the 111 Project (No.B13035) of China

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Chen, C., Katsui, H. & Goto, T. Synthesis of sodium beta alumina films by heat treatment of sodium aluminum oxides. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 31, 6–10 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-016-1320-0

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