From Chemistry to Processing of Boron-Modified Silicon Carbide Precursors
Résumé
Silicon carbide (SiC) has attracted interest for environmental and
energy applications due to its high temperature properties. Future
industrial challenges for SiC, particularly in aeronautics, require
to tune the materials composition and shape on demand. These
inherent difficulties can be overcome by synthetic paths where
molecular chemistry and chemistry of materials are combined, like
the Polymer-Derived Ceramics route. The chemistry, processing
properties and reactivity (thermal and chemical) of related polymers
can be controlled and tailored to supply, after shaping and
pyrolysis processes, ceramics with the desired compositional phase
distribution and homogeneity. This method is used to prepare
boron-modified SiC. Polymers were synthesized by the reaction of
allylhydridopolycarbosilane (AHPCS) with borane dimethylsulfide.
We demonstrate that the boron content has an effect on the chemistry
and processability of precursors, as well as the properties of
the resulting materials. This study gives us informations about the
chemical and physical properties of boron-modified SiC precursors based on infrared, NMR spectroscopies and elemental analyses.
Their pyrolysis behavior is investigated by solid-state NMR coupled
with TGA. Final materials are characterized by XRD, elementary
analysis, Raman spectroscopy. Applications of PDC route to process
ceramic matrix composite will be discussed.