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Tribology Letters
Published in: Tribology Letters 4/2018

01-12-2018 | Original Paper

Structural, Mechanical, and Tribological Properties of WS2-Al Nanocomposite Film for Space Application

Authors: Xiaoming Gao, Yanlong Fu, Dong Jiang, Desheng Wang, Jun Yang, Lijun Weng, Ming Hu, Jiayi Sun

Published in: Tribology Letters | Issue 4/2018

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Abstract

In this paper, WS2-Al nanocomposite films were deposited by closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering to improve the microstructure and wear resistance of pure WS2 film. Results revealed that pure WS2 film presented a columnar microstructure, but the growth of WS2 platelets could be significantly suppressed by doping Al. Correspondingly, the WS2-Al composite film showed a dense fiber-like microstructure at low Al content (~ 3 at.%) and a featureless one at higher Al content (~ 6–12 at.%). The film densification resulted in a significantly improved hardness from ~ 0.3 GPa for pure WS2 film to 2.9 GPa for WS2-3 at.% Al film and to 4.7–5.7 GPa for WS2 composite films with higher Al contents of ~ 6–12 at.%, but the composite films with higher Al contents were brittle. As a result, only the composite film with Al content of ~ 3 at.% exhibited a much better wear resistance than pure WS2 film. In vacuum environment, the wear life of WS2-3 at.% Al composite film about 1.5 × 106 cycles was much higher than that of pure WS2 film ~ 6.5 × 105 cycles, exhibiting a potential application in space technology.
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Metadata
Title
Structural, Mechanical, and Tribological Properties of WS2-Al Nanocomposite Film for Space Application
Authors
Xiaoming Gao
Yanlong Fu
Dong Jiang
Desheng Wang
Jun Yang
Lijun Weng
Ming Hu
Jiayi Sun
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Tribology Letters / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 1023-8883
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-018-1085-z

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