Proton and oxygen ion conductivity in the pyrochlore/fluorite family of Ln 2-x Ca x ScMO 7-δ (Ln = La, Sm, Ho, Yb; M = Nb, Ta; x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) niobates and tantalates.

Autor: Shlyakhtina AV; Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 4, Moscow, 119991 Russia. annashl@inbox.ru annash@chph.ras.ru., Pigalskiy KS, Belov DA, Lyskov NV, Kharitonova EP, Kolbanev IV, Borunova AB, Karyagina OK, Sadovskaya EM, Sadykov VA, Eremeev NF
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) [Dalton Trans] 2018 Feb 13; Vol. 47 (7), pp. 2376-2392.
DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03912c
Abstrakt: The tolerance factor is a good criterion to understand the structural transitions in Ln 2-x Ca x ScMO 7-δ (Ln = La, Sm, Ho, Yb; M = Nb, Ta; x = 0, 0.05, 0.1). Decreasing the Ln ionic radius in Ln 2 ScNb(Ta)O 7 leads to a morphotropic transition from a pyrochlore to a fluorite-like structure. Ca 2+ -doping leads to a pyrochlore-to-fluorite transition in Ln 2-x Ca x ScMO 7-δ (Ln = La, Sm) and a fluorite-to-pyrochlore transition in Ho 2-x Ca x ScNbO 7-δ . Proton contribution to the total conductivity was observed for Ln 2-x Ca x ScNb(Ta)O 7-δ (Ln = La, Sm; x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) 3+/5+ pyrochlores and the maximum proton contribution was shown by Sm 1.9 Ca 0.1 ScMO 6.95 (M = Nb, Ta), which are located at the boundary between pyrochlores and fluorites (comparative study of electrical conduction and oxygen diffusion). Proton conduction of Sm 1.9 Ca 0.1 ScNbO 6.95 and Sm 1.9 Ca 0.1 ScTaO 6.95 pyrochlores persists up to 800 and 850 °C, respectively. The conductivity of fluorite-like Ho 2-x Ca x ScNbO 7-δ (x = 0, 0.05) and Yb 2 ScNbO 7 is dominated by the oxygen ion transport, in accordance with their energy activation values 1.09-1.19 eV. The dielectric permittivity and TG studies were used for the investigation of oxygen vacancy dynamics and water incorporation into the Ln 2-x Ca x ScNb(Ta)O 7-δ (Ln = La, Sm, Ho, Yb; x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) lattice. It is shown that oxygen vacancy-related dielectric relaxation in the range of 550-650 °C (ambient air), typical of pyrochlores and fluorites with pure oxygen ion conductivity, decreases and disappears for proton-conducting oxides.
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