Synthesis of a Soluble Precursor Possessing an Nb-N Backbone Structure and Its Pyrolytic Conversion into Niobium-Based Ceramics
作者:Fei Cheng、Yoshiyuki Sugahara、Kazuyuki Kuroda
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.73.1299
日期:2000.5
Synthesis and pyrolysis of a soluble precursor possessing an Nb-N backbone structure were investigated. The precursor was prepared by aminolysis reaction of tetrakis(diethylamido)niobium with isopropylamine. The precursor was soluble in benzene, and had a polymeric structure possessing Nb-N-Nb imido-bridges. The precursor was pyrolyzed under NH3-N2 (at 600 °C for 2 h under NH3 and subsequently at 1350 °C for 8 h under N2) and Ar (at 1500 °C for 2 h) atmospheres. δ-NbN was obtained as a main crystalline phase after the pyrolysis of the precursor under NH3-N2, whereas pyrolysis of the precursor under Ar led to the formation of NbC as the only crystalline phase. More than 90% of niobium which was present in the precursor remained in both of the pyrolyzed products.