Fabrication and densification mechanism of MgO/Graphene composites with LiF as additive.

MgO/Graphene composites were prepared by combustion synthesis (CS) followed with spark plasma sintering (SPS) using LiF as sintering additive. The densification mechanism of MgO/Graphene composites doped with LiF was systematically investigated. With incorporating small amount of graphene into MgO, the spectral absorptivity of the composite was improved, whereas the density, hardness and average grain size were decreased. The densification of submicron sized MgO/Graphene ceramics was realized by the balance between sintering promoted by LiF and grain refinement of graphene. Unlabelled Image [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]