Theoretical study of thermal conductivity, mechanical, vibrational and thermodynamical properties of Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln = La, Nd, Sm, and Eu) pyrochlore

Autor: A.K. Kushwaha, Shivali Chauhan, S.P. Mishra, Hamad Rahman Jappor, Rabah Khenata, M.K. Vishwakarma, S. Bin Omran
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 127:108495
ISSN: 1387-7003
DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.108495
Popis: A theoretical model has been proposed to estimate the interatomic interactions until a fourth closest neighbor, the first Brillouin zone frequencies, Debye temperature, thermal conductivity, Raman and infrared inactive and active modes ofphonon, and elastic stiffness constants and correlatedcharacteristics of the zirconium-based pyrochlore structure compounds La2Zr2O7, Nd2Zr2O7, Sm2Zr2O7 and Eu2Zr2O7. The calculated results reveal that the bulk modulus, shear modulus, thermal conductivity, Debye temperature and Young’s modulus follows the trends La2Zr2O7 → Nd2Zr2O7 → Sm2Zr2O7 → Eu2Zr2O7. Furthermore, all the examined compounds are ductile and having elastically anisotropic properties. The low thermal conductivity of these compounds demonstrates that the considered materials are promosing candidate in the coating of thermal barrier material in the aerospace field.
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