Use of partial discharge patterns to assess the quality of sample/electrode contacts in flash sintering

[en] In a flash sintering process, a straightforward way to control the current uniformity through the sample is contacting the sample to the electrodes with platinum paste. This method is however costly for large-scale applications. We show that the in-situ phase resolved partial discharge technique is suitable to assess the quality of the contact between Pt electrodes and uncoated 3YSZ samples. In the temperature range 250−500 °C and for 50 Hz electric fields ramped up to 3.2 kV/cm, a sudden increase of the partial discharge current well before any curvature change of the 50 Hz current is found to be a signature of a defective electrical contact. Changes in the partial discharge amplitude are observed around the current rush. The surface microstructure of the samples subjected to partial discharges shows characteristics similar to those observed during dielectric breakdown, although the applied electric field is well below their typical dielectric strength.

Research Center/Unit :

SUPRATECS - Services Universitaires pour la Recherche et les Applications Technologiques de Matériaux Électro-Céramiques, Composites, Supraconducteurs - ULiège
Belgian Ceramic Research Centre

Disciplines :

Physics
Electrical & electronics engineering
Materials science & engineering

Author, co-author :

Fagnard, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Applied and Computational Electromagnetics (ACE)

Gajdowski, Caroline; Belgian Ceramic Research Centre

Boilet, Laurent; Belgian Ceramic Research Centre

Henrotte, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Applied and Computational Electromagnetics (ACE)

Geuzaine, Christophe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Applied and Computational Electromagnetics (ACE)

Vertruyen, Bénédicte ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie inorganique structurale

Vanderbemden, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Capteurs et systèmes de mesures électriques

Language :

English

Title :

Use of partial discharge patterns to assess the quality of sample/electrode contacts in flash sintering

Publication date :

January 2021

Journal title :

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

ISSN :

0955-2219

Publisher :

Elsevier, Netherlands

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

669-683

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955221920306014

Name of the research project :

IMAWA - FLASHSINT

Funders :

FEDER - Fonds Européen de Développement Régional
Région wallonne

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