Charge transfer drives anomalous phase transition in ceria

Autor: He Zhu, Chao Yang, Qiang Li, Yang Ren, Joerg C. Neuefeind, Lin Gu, Huibiao Liu, Longlong Fan, Jun Chen, Jinxia Deng, Na Wang, Jiawang Hong, Xianran Xing
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07526-x
Popis: Nanosized ceria has conventionally been thought to have a cubic fluorite structure. Here, the authors use a combination of experiments and simulations to show that oxygen vacancies in ceria promote a charge-transfer induced phase transition from tetragonal to cubic.
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