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WC-Co cemented carbide has excellent cutting performance, which is a potential tool material. But when it is used as cutting ultra-high strength and high hardness materials, the machining accuracy and service life of the tool are significantly reduced. Graphene is a potential coating material for cemented carbide cutting tools due to its excellent mechanical properties. In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) is used to simulate the deposition of nickel transition layer and high-temperature catalytic growth of graphene in cemented carbide. The Ni and C atomic deposition process and the high temperature annealing process are simulated, and a combination of potential functions is adopted to continuously simulate these two deposition processes. The effect of deposition temperature and the effect of incident energy on the growth of graphene are analyzed. The healing mechanism of nickel-based catalytic defective graphene under high-temperature annealing is explored in detail. The simulation results show that at the deposition temperature of 1100 K, the coverage of graphene is higher and the microstructure is flat. The higher temperature helps to provide enough kinetic energy for carbon atoms to overcome the potential energy barrier of nucleation, thereby promoting the migration and rearrangement of carbon atoms and reducing graphene growth defects. Too high a temperature will lead to continuous accumulation of carbon atoms on the deposited carbon rings, forming a multilayered reticulation and disordered structure, which will cause a low coverage rate of graphene. The increase of incident energy helps to reduce the vacancy defects in the film, but excessive energy leads to poor continuity of the film, agglomeration, the more obvious stacking effect of carbon atoms and the tendency of epitaxial growth. When the incident energy is 1 eV, the surface roughness of the film is lower, and more monolayer graphene can be grown. During annealing at 1100 K, the carbon film dissolves and nucleates simultaneously in the Ni transition layer, and the nickel transition layer catalyzes the repair of defective graphene. The graphene film becomes more uniform, and the number of hexagonal carbon rings increases. Appropriate high-temperature annealing can help to repair and reconstruct defective carbon rings and rearrange carbon chains into rings. Therefore, when the deposition temperature is 1100 K and the incident energy is 1 eV, graphene can be deposited and annealed to grow a high-quality graphene coatings. The simulation results provide the reference for preparing the cemented carbide graphene coated tools. -
Keywords:
- molecular dynamics /
- graphene /
- physical vapour deposition /
- nickel transition layer /
- high temperature annealing
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图 1 硬质合金表面沉积模型 (a) Ni原子; (b) C原子
Figure 1. Carbide surface deposition model: (a) Ni atoms; (b) C atoms.
图 2 石墨烯高温退火的模拟模型
Figure 2. Simulation model for high temperature annealing of graphene.
图 3 不同温度下石墨烯生长的俯视图和主视图 (a) 600 K时的俯视图; (b) 900 K时的俯视图; (c) 1100 K时的俯视图; (d) 1400 K时的俯视图; (e) 600 K时的主视图; (f) 900 K时的主视图; (g) 1100 K时的主视图; (i) 1400 K时的主视图
Figure 3. Top and main views of graphene growth at different temperatures: (a) Top view at 600 K; (b) top view at 900 K; (c) top view at 1100 K; (d) top view at 1400 K; (e) main view at 600 K; (f) main view at 900 K; (g) main view at 1100 K; (i) main view at 1400 K.
图 4 不同温度下石墨烯表面的碳环数量和粗糙度
Figure 4. Number of carbon rings and roughness of graphene surface at different temperatures.
图 5 不同入射能量下石墨烯生长的俯视图和主视图 (a) 0.1 eV时的俯视图; (b) 1 eV时的俯视图; (c) 5 eV时的俯视图; (d) 10 eV时的俯视图; (e) 0.1 eV时的主视图; (f) 1 eV时的主视图; (g) 5 eV时的主视图; (h) 10 eV时的主视图.
Figure 5. Top and main views of graphene growth at different incident energies: (a) Top view at 0.1 eV; (b) top view at 1 eV; (c) top view at 5 eV; (d) top view at 10 eV; (e) main view at 0.1 eV; (f) main view at 1 eV; (g) main view at 5 eV; (h) main view at 10 eV.
图 6 不同入射能量下石墨烯表面的碳环数量和粗糙度
Figure 6. Number of carbon rings and roughness of graphene surface at different incident energies.
图 7 不同时间下的石墨烯沉积过程 (a) 20 ps; (b) 80 ps; (c) 100 ps; (d) 121 ps; (e) 160 ps; (f) 230 ps; (g) 300 ps; (h) 380 ps; (i) 450 ps
Figure 7. Graphene deposition process at different times: (a) 20 ps; (b) 80 ps; (c) 100 ps; (d) 121 ps; (e) 160 ps; (f) 230 ps; (g) 300 ps; (h) 380 ps; (i) 450 ps.
图 8 在沉积温度1100 K、入射能量1 eV条件下, 不同沉积时间的C-C径向分布函数
Figure 8. C-C radial distribution function corresponding to different deposition times at deposition temperature 1100 K and incident energy 1 eV.
图 9 石墨烯薄膜高温退火形貌图 (a), (b) 300 K, 0 ps; (c) 1100 K, 12 ps; (d) 1100 K, 800 ps
Figure 9. High temperature annealing topography of graphene film: (a), (b) 300 K, 0 ps; (c) 1100 K, 12 ps; (d) 1100 K, 800 ps.
图 10 不同时间的石墨烯涂层高温退火模拟的主视图和俯视图 (a), (b), (c), (d), (i), (j), (k), (l) 主视图; (e), (f), (g), (h), (m), (n), (o), (p) 俯视图
Figure 10. Main and top views of high-temperature annealing simulations of graphene coatings at different times: (a), (b), (c), (d), (i), (j), (k), (l) Main view; (e), (f), (g), (h), (m), (n), (o), (p) top view.
图 11 1100 K退火条件下, 体系中原子的MSD随时间的变化 (a) Ni原子; (b) C原子
Figure 11. MSD of atoms in the system as a function of time at 1100 K annealing conditions: (a) Ni atoms; (b) C atoms.
表 1 WC与Co原子之间的Morse势函数参数[35]
Table 1. Parameters of Morse potential function between WC and Co atoms[35].
Atom pair $ {D}_{{\mathrm{e}}} $/eV $ \alpha $/Å–1 $ {r}_{0} $/Å W-Co 0.098 25.14 0.0872 C-Co 0.1114 19.725 0.1743 
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表 2 WC与过渡层Ni、过渡层Ni和基底硬质合金各元素及沉积碳原子之间的L-J参数
Table 2. L-J parameters between WC and transition layer Ni, transition layer Ni and base carbide and each element of deposited carbon atoms.
Atom pair $ \varepsilon $/eV $ \sigma $/Å W-Ni 0.07449 2.4180 C-Ni 0.0487 2.9645 W-C 0.0073 3.1411 C-C 0.0050 3.8510 Co-C 0.0017 3.3257 Ni-C 0.0487 2.9645
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