Thermal shock synthesis (TSS) is a method in which materials are synthesized via rapid, high-temperature heating.
Additionally, the use of the ultra-high temperature can dramatically increase reaction rates for rapid material production.
The TSS method was invented by Dr. Liangbing Hu and his team at the University of Maryland, College Park.
[1][3] The essence of TSS is the ability to precisely control the high temperature to ensure rapid “shock” heating.
Since high-temperature heating is ubiquitously used for reactions and materials synthesis, innovative TSS processes have been discovered and demonstrated, including microwave, laser, rapid radiative heating, and discharge flash heating,[4][7][8][9][10][11] enabling synthesis of diverse emerging materials, such as single atom and alloyed catalysts, high entropy alloy nanoparticles, nanoscale composites, battery cathodes and anodes, and high-quality graphene, etc.