Search for New Semiconductors for High Temperature Applications:The BaPb1-x BixO3 System

1998 ◽  
Vol 512 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Ponnambalam ◽  
U. V. Varadaraju

ABSTRACTBaPbl-xBixO3 phases with 0.6⋚ x⋚ 1.0 were synthesized by high temperature solid state reaction. Powder X-ray diffraction measurements show that all compositions are in single phase. Linear variation of lattice parameter is observed in BaPb1-xBixO3 with change in x indicating the random distribution of Pb in Bi sites. The activation energies for conduction of phases with x=0.8−0.6 obtained from ρ −T plots are same suggesting that the band gap does not change for compositions with x-0.8−0.6. The low activation energy obtained for BaBiO3 can be attributed to the structure of the compound. S versus (1000/T) data of x=1.0−0.8 exhibit a two-slope behavior. The orthorhombic to cubic phase transition could be the possible reason for the high power factor values of BaBiO3.

Author(s):  
Akira Yoshiasa ◽  
Tomotaka Nakatani ◽  
Akihiko Nakatsuka ◽  
Maki Okube ◽  
Kazumasa Sugiyama ◽  
...  

A high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of a synthetic PbTiO3perovskite was carried out over the wide temperature range 298–928 K. A transition from a tetragonal (P4mm) to a cubic (Pm \bar 3 m) phase has been revealed near 753 K. In the non-centrosymmetricP4mmsymmetry group, the difference in relative displacement between Pb and O along thec-axis is much larger than that between Ti and O. The Pb and Ti cations contribute sufficiently to polarization being shifted in the opposite direction compared with the shift of O atoms. Deviation from the linear changes in Debye–Waller factors and bonding distances in the tetragonal phases can be interpreted as a precursor phenomenon before the phase transition. Disturbance of the temperature factorUeqfor O is observed in the vicinity of the transition point, whileUeqvalues for Pb and Ti are continuously changing with increasing temperature. The O site includes the clear configurational disorder in the cubic phase. The polar local positional distortions remain in the cubic phase and are regarded as the cause of the paraelectricity. Estimated values of the Debye temperature ΘDfor Pb and Ti are 154 and 467 K in the tetragonal phase and decrease 22% in the high-temperature phase. Effective potentials for Pb and Ti change significantly and become soft after the phase transition.


1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (a1) ◽  
pp. C364-C364
Author(s):  
J. A. Guevara ◽  
S. L. Cuffini ◽  
Y. P. Mascarenhas ◽  
P. de la Presa ◽  
A. Ayala ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
H. B. Gasimov ◽  
R. M. Rzayev

Cu2Te single crystal was grown by the Bridgman method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) study of Cu2Te single crystals in the temperature range of 293–893 K was performed and possible phase transitions in the mentioned range of temperature have been investigated. (Cu2Te)[Formula: see text](ZnTe)[Formula: see text] single crystals also were grown with [Formula: see text], 0.05, 0.10 concentrations and structural properties of the obtained single crystals were investigated by the XRD method in the temperature range 293–893 K. Lattice parameters and possible phase transitions in the mention temperature range were determined for (Cu2Te)[Formula: see text](ZnTe)[Formula: see text] single crystals for [Formula: see text], 0.05, 0.10 concentrations.


2009 ◽  
Vol 180 (17-19) ◽  
pp. 1034-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Ohzeki ◽  
Shinya Hasegawa ◽  
Misa Shimizu ◽  
Takuya Hashimoto

2010 ◽  
Vol 160-162 ◽  
pp. 666-670
Author(s):  
Min Zhang Zheng ◽  
Xiao Mei Liu

To obtain more detail information about the cathode of La0.7Sr0.3Cu1-xFexO3-δ(x= 0.1,0.3,0.5,0.7,0.9)in IT-SOFCs, the cathode material La0.7Sr0.3Cu1-xFexO3-δ(x=0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9)was synthesized by a sol-gel method. X-ray diffraction revealed it to be form a single phase of perovskite. The high temperature electrical conductivity was measured by using the four-point dc technique, and cathodic overpotential with SDC(Sm0.15Ce0.85O1.925) electrolyte support was measured by using a current-interruption technique. The investigation of electrocheimical properties suggested that La0.7Sr0.3Cu0.7Fe0.3O3-δ has the highest electrical conductivity and the lowest cathodic polarization. Using La0.7Sr0.3Cu0.7Fe0.3O3-δ as cathode and 65%NiO/SDC as anode based on SDC electrolyte one can obtain higher current density and power density at intermediate temperatures, La0.7Sr0.3Cu0.7Fe0.3O3-δ is considered to be a possible cathode adapted to IT-SOFCs.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (S1) ◽  
pp. S70-S74 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Acuña ◽  
R. O. Fuentes ◽  
D. G. Lamas ◽  
I. O. Fábregas ◽  
N. E. Walsöe de Reca ◽  
...  

Crystal structure of compositionally homogeneous, nanocrystalline ZrO2–CeO2 solutions was investigated by X-ray powder diffraction as a function of temperature for compositions between 50 and 65 mol % CeO2. ZrO2-50 and 60 mol % CeO2 solid solutions, which exhibit the t′-form of the tetragonal phase at room temperature, transform into the cubic phase in two steps: t′-to-t″ followed by t″-to-cubic. But the ZrO2-65 mol % CeO2, which exhibits the t″-form, transforms directly to the cubic phase. The results suggest that t′-to-t″ transition is of first order, but t″-to-cubic seems to be of second order.


2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 770-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana N. Drebushchak ◽  
Yury A. Chesalov ◽  
Elena V. Boldyreva

Structural changes in the high-temperature ∊-polymorph of chlorpropamide, 4-chloro-N-(propylaminocarbonyl)benzenesulfonamide, C10H13ClN2O3S, on cooling down to 100 K and on reverse heating were followed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. At temperatures below 200 K the phase transition into a new polymorph (termed the ∊′-form) has been observed for the first time. The polymorphic transition preserves the space group Pna21, is reversible and is accompanied by discontinuous changes in the cell volume and parameters, resulting from changes in molecular conformation. As shown by IR spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction, the phase transition in a powder sample is inhomogeneous throughout the bulk, and the two phases co-exist in a wide temperature range. The cell parameters and the molecular conformation in the new polymorph are close to those in the previously known α-polymorph, but the packing of the z-shaped molecular ribbons linked by hydrogen bonds inherits that of the ∊-form and is different from the packing in the α-polymorph. A structural study of the α-polymorph in the same temperature range has revealed no phase transitions.


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