Study on the synthesis of β-SiC nanoparticles from diamond-wire silicon cutting waste

Shengnan Jiang; Shuaibo Gao; Jian Kong; Xing Jin; Donghui Wei; Dagang Li; Pengfei Xing

doi:10.1039/c9ra03383a

Study on the synthesis of β-SiC nanoparticles from diamond-wire silicon cutting waste

RSC Adv. 2019 Jul 31;9(41):23785-23790. doi: 10.1039/c9ra03383a. eCollection 2019 Jul 29.

Authors

Shengnan Jiang¹, Shuaibo Gao¹, Jian Kong¹, Xing Jin², Donghui Wei¹, Dagang Li¹, Pengfei Xing¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University Shenyang 110819 PR China xingpf@smm.neu.edu.cn +86-24-83683673.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University Shenyang 110819 PR China.

Abstract

Large amounts of silicon have been wasted as silicon cutting waste (SCW) during the silicon wafer production process, which increases the cost of photovoltaic solar cells and causes environmental pollution. In this paper, an innovative approach for producing β-SiC nanoparticles by using SCW as silicon source and sucrose as carbon source is reported. The synthesized β-SiC nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM, TEM, Raman, PL and DSC. The results showed that β-SiC nanoparticles were successfully prepared with a particle size ranging from 40 to 50 nm, and have special photoluminescence as well as good thermal stability. The recycling of SCW can not only solve the environmental pollution issue but also benefits the economy.