A New Paradigm for the Solid State Synthesis of Layered Materials

具有优异性能或性能组合的先进陶瓷材料通常由三种（三元）或更多组分制成。它们的固态合成受到中间相的形成和保留的阻碍，这降低了它们的性能。我们设计了一种方法，可以避免先进材料中的中间相形成，并将合成温度降低600度。本项目将探索该方法的原子尺度机制。这一知识将允许低成本，低温室气体排放的先进陶瓷合成用于可再生，传统和核能发电。

Advanced ceramic materials with outstanding properties or combinations of properties are usually made from three (ternary) or more components. Their solid-state synthesis is hampered by the formation and retention of intermediate phases which degrade their performance. We have devised a method for circumventing intermediate phase formation in advanced materials and reducing synthesis temperatures by up to 600 degrees. This project will explore the underlying atomic scale mechanism of the method. This knowledge will allow the low cost, low greenhouse gas emission synthesis of advanced ceramics for use in renewable, conventional and nuclear power generation.