Nickel (Ni) nanoparticles
(NPs) prepared through vapor-phase synthesis
(VPS) are preferred for multilayer ceramic capacitor electrodes due
to their high purity and crystallinity advantages. Agglomerated Ni
NPs are usually generated using VPS but are undesirable because they
cause various problems such as low packing density and electrical
shorts. This study proposes the use of coating-assisted chemical vapor
synthesis (CVS) for agglomerate inhibition using NaCl or KCl as a
coating agent. We have found that the agglomeration ratio, 34.40%,
for conventional CVS, can be reduced to 4.80% in the proposed method
by in-flight coating with KCl at 900 °C by image analysis using
field-emission scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, the X-ray
diffraction and X-ray fluorescence analyses confirm that the NaCl
and KCl coating agent can be removed by washing with distilled water.
We believe that this coating process can be used to inhibit the formation
of agglomerates during the CVS of Ni NPs.
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