scholarly journals Oxygen Content and Thermodynamic Stability of YBaCo2O6−δ Double Perovskite

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton L. Sednev ◽  
Andrey Yu Zuev ◽  
Dmitry S. Tsvetkov

The thermodynamic stability of the double perovskite YBaCo2O6−δ was studied using the coulometric titration technique and verified by measurements of the overall conductivity depending on oxygen partial pressure at a given temperature. As a result, the stability diagram of YBaCo2O6−δ was plotted. YBaCo2O6−δ was found to be thermodynamically stable in air at 850°C and higher temperatures, whereas its thermodynamic stability at 900°C is limited by the range of oxygen partial pressures −3.56 ≤ log(pO2/atm) ≤ −0.14. Oxygen content in YBaCo2O6−δ slightly decreases at 900°C from 5.035 at log(pO2/atm) = −0.14 to 4.989 in the atmosphere with log(pO2/atm) = −3.565 indicating a crucial role which variation of Co+3/Co+2 ratio plays in its stability. YBaCo2O6−δ decomposes into the mixture of YCoO3 and BaCoO3−z at the high pO2 stability limit, whereas YBaCo4O7, BaCo1−xYxO3−γ, and Y2O3 were identified as the products of its decomposition at the low pO2 one.

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3580-3586 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Crossley ◽  
J. L. MacManus-Driscoll

A detailed study has been made of the control and optimization of partial melting of dipcoated Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2O8+δAg0.1 (Bi-2212) tapes using reduced oxygen partial pressures. A coulometric titration technique has been employed to vary the oxygen partial pressure in a region of the phase diagram corresponding to binary melting, and the amount of partial melting has been quantified. Using this information, tapes have been processed using both isothermal and isobaric techniques. An optimum processing route was determined which combined isothermal and isobaric processes. Highly aligned material at the point of optimum melting was obtained.


1989 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tetenbaum ◽  
L. Curtiss ◽  
B. Czech ◽  
B. Tani ◽  
M. Blander

ABSTRACTThe nonstoichiometric and thermodynamic behavior of the YBa2Cu3Ox system as a function of oxygen partial pressure and temperature is being investigated by means of a coulometric titration technique. The oxygen content of the superconductor can be varied coulometrically by well-defined small amounts and the equilibrium partial pressures determined from the EMF. The oxygen stoichiometry in YBa2Cu3Ox as a function of oxygen partial pressure shows a change of curvature around x = 6.55–6.75 and an inflection around x ≅ 6.65 at temperatures between 400–500°C. These new low temperature data are consistent with the presence of a miscibility gap at lower temperatures, which is similar to that postulated in several theoretical papers.


1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1499-1512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinshan Li ◽  
Turgut M. Gür ◽  
Robert Sinclair ◽  
Stephen S. Rosenblum ◽  
Hidetaka Hayashi

The stability of BaFe12O19 and BaFe2O4 was studied by the oxygen coulometric titration technique between 700 °C and 1000 °C using a solid-state electrochemical cell. This temperature range is technologically important for the deposition of BaFe2O19 magnetic thin films. The thermodynamic information obtained from the titration measurements was corroborated with structural identification of phases prepared under electrochemically controlled conditions. Accordingly, a section of the Ba–Fe–O ternary phase diagram around the BaFe12O19 composition was constructed in this temperature range. The standard Gibbs free energy change for the decomposition of BaFe12O19 into BaFe2O4, Fe3O4, and O2 is given by the expression ΔG°[J/mol] = 7.23 × 105 −480T. In the oxygen pressure-temperature domain, the thermodynamic stability limits of BaFe12O19 and BaFe2O4 are given by the expressions In[Po2(atm)] = 69.37 −1.04 × 105 T−1 and In[Po2(atm)] = 27.68 −7.12 × 104 T−1, respectively. The stability limits determined here help define the process conditions for the successful synthesis of these phases.


Author(s):  
Florentina Maxim ◽  
Alina Botea-Petcu ◽  
Florina Teodorescu ◽  
Ludwig J. Gauckler ◽  
Speranta Tanasescu

The mixed conducting perovskite-type oxides BaxSr1-xCo1-yFeyO3-δ (BSCF) are intensively studied as potential high-performance solid oxide fuel cell cathode materials. The effect of different compositional variables and oxygen stoichiometry on the structure and thermodynamic stability of the BaxSr1-xCo1-yFeyO3-δ (x = 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8; y = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1) perovskite-type compositions were investigated by solid electrolyte electrochemical cells method and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The thermodynamic quantities represented by the partial molar free energies, enthalpies and entropies of oxygen dissolution in the perovskite phase, as well as the equilibrium partial pressures of oxygen were obtained in the temperature range of 823–1273 K. The in situ change of oxygen stoichiometry and the determination of thermodynamic parameters of the new oxygen-deficient BSCF compositions were studied via coulometric titration technique coupled with electromotive force (EMF) measurements. The effect of A- and B-site dopants concentration correlated to the variation of oxygen stoichiometry on the thermodynamic stability and morphology of the BSCF samples was evidenced.


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1635-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Aselage ◽  
E. L. Venturini ◽  
J. A. Voigt ◽  
D. J. Miller

The thermodynamic stability of TlBa2Ca2Cu3O9–y (1223) and substitutionally related phases has been studied by performing extended high-temperature anneals in a two-zone furnace. This approach allows for independent control of each of the thermodynamic variables: the oxygen and thallous oxide partial pressures [P(O2) and P(Tl2O)], the sample temperature, and the sample composition. P(Tl2O) determines which of several superconducting phases form in the unsubstituted Tl–Ba–Ca–Cu–O system. TlBa2Ca2Cu3O9–y is stable only within a narrow window of P(Tl2O). Partially replacing Tl with Pb and Ba with Sr substantially increases the stability of the 1223 phase. The composition (TlxPb0.5) (Sr1.6Ba0.4)Ca2Cu3O9–y yields only the 1223 phase under two-zone conditions when P(Tl2O) exceeds a lower bound. The stability of Pb- and Sr-substituted 1223 relative to the 1212 phase is related to the substitutional stoichiometry, rather than P(Tl2O).


2013 ◽  
Vol 732 ◽  
pp. 485-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayah Lazar ◽  
A. Stegner ◽  
R. Caldeira ◽  
C. Dong ◽  
H. Didelle ◽  
...  

AbstractLarge-scale laboratory experiments were performed on the Coriolis rotating platform to study the stability of intense vortices in a thin stratified layer. A linear salt stratification was set in the upper layer on top of a thick barotropic layer, and a cylinder was towed in the upper layer to produce shallow cyclones and anticyclones of similar size and intensity. We focus our investigations on submesoscale eddies, where the radius is smaller than the baroclinic deformation radius. Towing speed, cylinder size and stratification were changed in order to cover a large range of the parameter space, staying in a relatively high horizontal Reynolds number ($Re= 2000{{\unicode{x2013}}}7000$). The Rayleigh criterion states that inertial instabilities should strongly destabilize intense anticyclonic eddies if the vorticity in the vortex core is negative enough ${\zeta }_{0} / f\lt - 1$, where ${\zeta }_{0} $ is the relative vorticity in the core of the vortex, and $f$ is the Coriolis parameter. However, we found that some anticyclones remain stable even for very intense negative vorticity values, up to ${\zeta }_{0} / f= - 3. 5$, when the Burger number is large enough. This is in agreement with the linear stability analysis performed in part 1 (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 732, 2013, pp. 457–484), which shows that the combined effect of a strong stratification and a moderate vertical dissipation may stabilize even very intense anticyclones, and the unstable eddies we found were located close to the marginal stability limit. Hence, these experimental results agree well with the simple stability diagram proposed in the Rossby, Burger and Ekman parameter space for inertial destabilization of viscous anticyclones within a shallow and stratified layer.


Author(s):  
Y. Feng ◽  
X. Y. Cai ◽  
R. J. Kelley ◽  
D. C. Larbalestier

The issue of strong flux pinning is crucial to the further development of high critical current density Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (BSCCO) superconductors in conductor-like applications, yet the pinning mechanisms are still much debated. Anomalous peaks in the M-H (magnetization vs. magnetic field) loops are commonly observed in Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy (Bi-2212) single crystals. Oxygen vacancies may be effective flux pinning centers in BSCCO, as has been found in YBCO. However, it has also been proposed that basal-plane dislocation networks also act as effective pinning centers. Yang et al. proposed that the characteristic scale of the basal-plane dislocation networksmay strongly depend on oxygen content and the anomalous peak in the M-H loop at ˜20-30K may be due tothe flux pinning of decoupled two-dimensional pancake vortices by the dislocation networks. In light of this, we have performed an insitu observation on the dislocation networks precisely at the same region before and after annealing in air, vacuumand oxygen, in order to verify whether the dislocation networks change with varying oxygen content Inall cases, we have not found any noticeable changes in dislocation structure, regardless of the drastic changes in Tc and the anomalous magnetization. Therefore, it does not appear that the anomalous peak in the M-H loops is controlled by the basal-plane dislocation networks.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Pedersen ◽  
Björn Alling ◽  
Hans Högberg ◽  
Annop Ektarawong

Thin films of boron nitride (BN), particularly the sp<sup>2</sup>-hybridized polytypes hexagonal BN (h-BN) and rhombohedral BN (r-BN) are interesting for several electronic applications given band gaps in the UV. They are typically deposited close to thermal equilibrium by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at temperatures and pressures in the regions 1400-1800 K and 1000-10000 Pa, respectively. In this letter, we use van der Waals corrected density functional theory and thermodynamic stability calculations to determine the stability of r-BN and compare it to that of h-BN as well as to cubic BN and wurtzitic BN. We find that r-BN is the stable sp<sup>2</sup>-hybridized phase at CVD conditions, while h-BN is metastable. Thus, our calculations suggest that thin films of h-BN must be deposited far from thermal equilibrium.


Author(s):  
Marta J. Reith ◽  
Daniel Bachrathy ◽  
Gabor Stepan

Multi-cutter turning systems bear huge potential in increasing cutting performance. In this study we show that the stable parameter region can be extended by the optimal tuning of system parameters. The optimal parameter regions can be identified by means of stability charts. Since the stability boundaries are highly sensitive to the dynamical parameters of the machine tool, the reliable exploitation of the so-called stability pockets is limited. Still, the lower envelope of the stability lobes is an appropriate upper boundary function for optimization purposes with an objective function taken for maximal material removal rates. This lower envelope is computed by the Robust Stability Computation method presented in the paper. It is shown in this study, that according to theoretical results obtained for optimally tuned cutters, the safe stable machining parameter region can significantly be extended, which has also been validated by machining tests.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (06) ◽  
pp. 1350045 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANURAG SRIVASTAVA ◽  
BODDEPALLI SANTHIBHUSHAN ◽  
PANKAJ DOBWAL

The present paper discusses the investigation of electronic properties of anthracene-based single electron transistor (SET) operating in coulomb blockade region using Density Functional Theory (DFT) based Atomistix toolkit-Virtual nanolab. The charging energies of anthracene molecule in isolated as well as electrostatic SET environments have been calculated for analyzing the stability of the molecule for different charge states. Study also includes the analysis of SET conductance dependence on source/drain and gate potentials in reference to the charge stability diagram. Our computed charging energies for anthracene in isolated environment are in good agreement with the experimental values and the proposed anthracene SET shows good switching properties in comparison to other acene series SETs.


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