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Solid solubility and transport properties of Ce1−xNdxO2−δ nanocrystalline solid solutions by a sol-gel route

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Liping Li ,
Xiaomin Lin ,
Guangshe Li  and
Hiroshi Inomata
Liping Li
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
Xiaomin Lin
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
Guangshe Li*
Affiliation:
Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980–8579, Japan
Hiroshi Inomata
Affiliation:
Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980–8579, Japan
*
b) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: guangshe@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Ce1−xNdxO2−δ (x = 0.05 to 0.55) nanocrystalline solid solutions were prepared by a sol-gel route. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that Ce1−xNdxO2−δ crystallized in a cubic fluorite structure. The lattice parameter for the solid solutions increased linearly with the dopant content. The solid solubility of Nd3+ in ceria lattice was determined to be about x = 0.40 in terms of the nearly constant lattice parameters at a dopant level larger than x = 0.40. First-order Raman spectra for Ce1−xNdxO2−δ at a lower dopant content exhibited one band associated with the F2g mode. At higher dopant contents, F2g mode became broadened and asymmetric, and a new broad band appeared at the higher frequency side of the F2g mode. This new band was assigned to the oxygen vacancies. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum for x = 0.05 showed the presence of O2− adsorbed on sample surface at g = 2.02 and 2.00 and of Ce3+ with a lower symmetry at g = 1.97 and 1.94. Further increasing dopant content led to the disappearance of the signals for O2−. Impedance spectra showed the bulk and grain boundary conduction in the solid solutions. The bulk conduction exhibited a conductivity maximum and an activation energy minimum with increasing dopant content. Ce0.80Nd0.20O2−δ was determined to give promising conduction properties such as a relatively high conductivity of σ700 °C = 2.44 × 10−2 S cm−1 and moderate activation energy of Ea = 0.802 eV. The variations of conductivity and activation energy were explained in terms of relative content of oxygen vacancies Vö and defect associations {CeCe ′Vö}/{NdCe ′Vö}.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 16 , Issue 11 , November 2001 , pp. 3207 - 3213
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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