Nitride Ceramics: Combustion Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Nitride and oxynitride ceramics with advanced properties have an expanding range of applications in different branches of industry, including ceramics, surface coatings for electronic devices, energy storage and conversion devices, such as fuel cells, catalysis, as well as biotechnology.

This book is a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of nitride and oxynitride ceramics with special emphasis placed on the combustion synthesis of group I–VI nitrides and oxynitrides. The authors are experts in academia, industry, or research, and each chapter discusses different synthetic methods and process parameters, as well as important material properties and applications.

The result is invaluable reading for researchers and industry as well as those looking for an introduction to the field. It is equally of great interest to chemists and materials scientists as well as engineers working in the area of inorganic and solid–state chemistry, structural and functional materials, catalysis, metallurgy, and electrochemistry.

Contains a Foreword by Dr. Hans–Joachim Ritzhaupt–Kleissl


Foreword
Preface
1) Combustion Synthesis of Nitrides for Development of Ceramic Materials of New Generation
2) Combustion Synthesis of Boron Nitride: Fundamentals and Applications
3) Combustion Synthesis of Aluminum Nitride (AlN) Powders with Controlled Grain Morphologies
4) Combustion Synthesis and Spark Plasma Sintering of ß–SiAION
5) Combustion Synthesis of AlN (Al3O3N), BN, ZrN and TiN in Air and Ceramic Application
6) Combustion Synthesis of Nitrides of Vanadium, Niobium, and Tantalum
7) Synthesis of Nitrides by Combustion of Ferroalloys in Nitrogen
8) Halides in SHS Azide Technology of Nitrides Obtaining
9) AlN Ceramics from Nanosized Plasma Processed Powder, its Properties and Applications
10) An Overview of the Application of Nitrides and Oxynitrides in Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis
Conclusion


Alexander A. Gromov is a Humboldt Experienced Researcher and a Visiting Professor at the Georg Simon Ohm Technical University in Nürnberg, Germany, since 2013. Having obtained his academic degrees from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU, Russia), he spent
most of his career working for TPU, KIT (Karlsruhe, Germany), Fraunhofer ICT (Pfinztal, Germany), University of Ulsan (South Korea) and the Aerospace Engineering Department at Milan Polytechnic University (Polimi, Italy). He has authored over 150 scientific publications and several books and has received numerous Russian scientific awards, including the Russian Academy of Science Medal in 2009.

Liudmila Chukhlomina is a leading researcher at the Department of Structural Macrokinetics, Tomsk Scientific Center, Russia, since 1989. She graduated from Tomsk State University (Russia) in 1978 and then worked in the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics by Tomsk State University. Dr. Chukhlomina has authored over 130 scientific publications and several books and is also a reviewer for the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.