Ionic Transport Properties in Nanocrystalline Ce0.8A0.2O2-δ (with A = Eu, Gd, Dy, and Ho) Materials
Autor: | Baral Ashok Kumar, Sankaranarayanan V |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Zdroj: | Nanoscale Research Letters, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 637-643 (2010) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1931-7573 1556-276X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11671-010-9527-z |
Popis: | Abstract The ionic transport properties of nanocrystalline 20 mol% Eu, Gd, Dy, and Ho doped cerias, with average grain size of around 14 nm were studied by correlating electrical, dielectric properties, and various dynamic parameters. Gd-doped nanocrystalline ceria shows higher value of conductivity (i.e., 1.8 × 10−4 S cm−1 at 550°C) and a lower value of association energy of oxygen vacancies with trivalent dopants Gd3+ (i.e., 0.1 eV), compared to others. Mainly the lattice parameters and dielectric constants (ε∞) are found to control the association energy of oxygen vacancies in these nanomaterials, which in turn resulted in the presence of grain and grain boundary conductivity in Gd- and Eu-doped cerias and only significant grain interior conductivity in Dy- and Ho-doped cerias. |
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