scholarly journals Effects of Sr and Mn co-doping on microstructural evolution and electrical properties of LaAlO3

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-341
Author(s):  
Lúcia Villas-Boas ◽  
Celso Goulart ◽  
de Ferreira

In this work, we investigate the effects of Sr and Mn co-doping on the microstructural development and electrical properties of LaAlO3 synthesised by solid state reaction and sintered at 1500 and 1600?C. The addition of Sr and Mn contributed to the crystallization and stabilization of the perovskite structure. However, the addition of Sr alone lead to the formation of heterogeneous microstructure, while the combined effect of Sr and Mn improved Al and La homogeneity in the perovskite structure. Total electrical conductivity is enhanced by three orders of magnitude with Sr addition (La0.8Sr0.2AlO3-?: 5.74 ? 10?4 S/cm at 600?C) and five orders of magnitude with Mn co-doping (La0.8Sr0.2Al0.8Mn0.2O3-?: 3.6 ? 10?2 S/cm at 600?C) compared to the undoped LaAlO3 (2.96 ? 10?6 S/cm at 600?C). The Sr and Mn co-doped LaAlO3 present favourable catalytic activity for electrode reactions even with a low dopant concentration (20mol%).

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 12215-12226

Undoped, Cerium (Ce) doped, Manganese (Mn) doped and Ce-Mn co-doped Barium Titanate (BaTiO3) with the general formula Ba1-xCexMnyTi1-yO3 (where x = 0.00, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, y = 0.00; x = 0.00, y =0.01, 0.02, 0.03; and x = y = 0.01, 0.02,0.03) were synthesized by solid-state reaction method and sintered at 1200 C for 4 hr with an aim to study their structural and electrical properties. The grain size of the samples has been estimated using the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis indicates that the structure of the Ce-doped and Ce-Mn co-doped BaTiO3 is cubic. However, the undoped BaTiO3 and Mn-doped BaTiO3 confirmed the tetragonal-cubic mixed phases. With the change of doping concentrations, the positions of different peaks shifted slightly. The lattice parameter varied irregularly with increasing doping concentration because of Mn's changeable valency. EDX spectra confirmed the presence of Ba, Ti, Ce, and Mn contents in the co-doped samples with stoichiometric ratio. Crystallinity is observed to be clearly increased when Ce-Mn is co-doped in BaTiO3. J-V characteristic curves indicate transition from conducting to semiconducting nature for the doped and co-doped samples with the increase in temperature. The dielectric constant of the samples increases up to 4500 with the doping concentration. The higher values of dielectric constant are observed for the 2% Mn-doped and 1% Ce-Mn co-doped samples compared to the other undoped samples. For the undoped and Mn-doped samples, constant dielectric values increase with temperature but decrease for the Ce-doped and Ce-Mn co-doped samples. It is inferred that co-doping of BaTiO3 with Ce and Mn would be beneficial and economical for its applications.


2016 ◽  
Vol 848 ◽  
pp. 401-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Huan Xu ◽  
Wei Han ◽  
Hui Ding ◽  
Wei Jin Chen ◽  
Jun Xiang

In3+, Gd3+ were selected as substitution elements for Ce4+ in order to increase electrical conductivity and chemical stability of BaCeO3. A modified sol-gel method was used to fabricate BaCe0.7In0.3-xGdxO3-δ (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) nanopowders. XRD results indicated that the diffraction angle moved to lower with increase of the Gd3 + doping concentration, so that the interplanar spacing gradually increased. The impedance spectra analysis showed that conductivity first increased (x = 0~0.2) and then decreased with the Gd3 + doping increase. The total conductivities at 800oC were 3.8 × 10-3 S·cm-1 (x = 0), 8.0 × 10-3 S· cm-1 (x = 0.1), 2.5 × 10-2 S· cm-1 (x = 0.2), 1.36 × 10-2 S ·cm-1 (x = 0.3). Chemical stability test in CO2 show that all samples except for x=0.3 sample calcination at 800oC for 2h under 100% CO2 and x=0, 0.1 samples heating in boiling water for 12h kept main perovskite structure. Therefore, x=0.1 sample show better electrical conductivity and chemical stability.


2013 ◽  
Vol 774-776 ◽  
pp. 964-967
Author(s):  
Ping Cao ◽  
Yue Bai

Successful synthesis of Cu, Co co-doped ZnO film is obtained by sol-gel method. The structural and electrical properties of the sample were investigated. X-ray diffraction spectroscopy analyses indicate that the Co and Cu co-doping can not disturb the structure of ZnO. No additional peaks are observed in the Zn0.99Co0.01CuxO and Cu+ and Co2+ substitute for Zn2+ without changing the wurtzite structure. By Hall-effect measurement p-type conductivity was observed for the Cu co-doped film. XPS result confirmed Cu ions are univalent in the films.


2004 ◽  
Vol 835 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Delacourt ◽  
C. Wurm ◽  
L. Laffont ◽  
F. Sauvage ◽  
J.-B. Leriche ◽  
...  

AbstractLiFePO4-based powders prepared through various synthesis conditions are presented. Depending on whether the precursors contain carbon or not, LiFePO4-based composites obtained contain significant amounts of carbon as well. We did not succeed in doping LiFePO4 with Nb and produced, instead, crystalline β-NbOPO4 and/or an amorphous (Nb, Fe, C, O, P) matrix around LiFePO4 particles. The total electrical conductivity is of ∼10−9 S.cm−1 at 25°C with an activation energy of ca. 0.65 eV for pure LiFePO4 and LiFePO4/β-NbOPO4 composite. C-containing LiFePO4 samples, including those that had been tentatively doped with Nb, are much more conductive (up to 1.6.10−1 S.cm−1) with an activation energy ΔE ∼ 0.08 eV.


Author(s):  
Tao Wei ◽  
Xiaoli Jiang ◽  
Qing Qin ◽  
Xien Liu

The FexNi4−xPy/N, P-CNT complex exhibits excellent bifunctional catalytic performance towards HER and OER due to the synergy of high electrical conductivity, multicomponent active sites, and anchoring effect of carbon nanotubes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Mursal Mursal ◽  
◽  
Nurul Azmi ◽  
Ismail Ismail ◽  
◽  
...  

The effect of Mg/La co-doping addition on the caracteristics of TiO2 as photoelectrode have been studied. This study aims to investigate the effect of Mg/La co-doping concentration on the characteristics of TiO2. This study aims investigate the effect of Mg/La co-doping concentration on the characteristics of TiO2. Mg/La was varied from 0% mol, 0.4 / 0.6% mol, and 0.6 / 0.4% mol. Synthesis of TiO2 co-doping Mg/La was done by sol gel method. The resulting of powder pure TiO2 and co-doping Mg/La was made to paste, and was deposited on a glass substrate with a size of 2.5 x 2.5 cm and sintered at 600°C for 1 hour. Mg / La co-doped TiO2 layers were characterized using XRD, UV-Vis, and FTIR spectrometers. The results showed that TiO2 was the mos dominan phase appeared in pure TiO2 sample. The phase of MgO, MgTiO3, Mg2TiO4, and La2O3 were found in Mg/La co-doped TiO2 samples. The crystal size of Mg/La co-doped TiO2 was varied from 8.85 to 7.70 nm. In this research, we obtained that the energy gap was varied from 3.52 to 3.5 eV depent on co-dopant concentration. FTIR measurement showed groups of Ti-O, Ti-O-Ti, Ti-O-O, and H-O.


Author(s):  
Mi-Kyung Han ◽  
Yingshi Jin ◽  
Da-Hee Lee ◽  
Sung-Jin Kim

In order to understand the effect of Pb-CuI co-doping on the thermoelectric performance of Bi2Te3, n-type Bi2Te3 co-doped with x at% CuI and 1/2x at% Pb (x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07, and 0.10) were prepared via high temperature solid state reaction and consolidated using spark plasma sintering. Electron and thermal transport properties, i.e., electrical conductivity, carrier concentration, Hall mobility, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity, of CuI-Pb co-doped Bi2Te3 were measured in the temperature range from 300 K to 523 K and compared to corresponding x% of CuI-doped Bi2Te3 and undoped Bi2Te3. The addition of a small amount of Pb significantly decreased the carrier concentration, which could be attributed to the holes from Pb atoms, thus the CuI-Pb co-doped samples show a lower electrical conductivity and a higher Seebeck coefficient compared to CuI-doped samples with similar x values. The incorporation of Pb into CuI-doped Bi2Te3 rarely changed the power factor because of the trade-off relationship between the electrical conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient. The total thermal conductivity(κtot) of co-doped samples (κtot ~1.4 W/m∙K at 300 K) is slightly lower than that of 1% CuI-doped Bi2Te3 (κtot~1.5 W/m∙K at 300 K) and undoped Bi2Te3 (κtot ~1.6 W/m∙K at 300 K) due to the alloy scattering. The 1% CuI-Pb co-doped Bi2Te3 sample shows the highest ZT value of 0.96 at 370 K. All data on electrical and thermal transport properties suggest that the thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3 and its operating temperature can be controlled by co-doping.


2018 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Zi Neng Ng ◽  
Kah Yoong Chan

Zinc oxide (ZnO) has gained worldwide attention due to its direct wide band gap and large exciton binding energy, which are important properties in the application of emerging optoelectronic devices. By doping ZnO with donor elements, a combination of good n-type conductivity and good transparency in the visible and near UV range can be achieved. Co-doping ZnO with several types of dopants is also beneficial in improving the electronic properties of ZnO films. To the best of our knowledge, the fundamental properties of gallium-tin (Ga-Sn) co-doped ZnO (GSZO) films were rarely explored. In this work, we attempt to coat GSZO films on glass substrates via sol-gel spin-coating method. The Ga-Sn co-doping ratio was fixed at 1:1 and the concentration of the dopants was varied at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2 at.% with respect to the precursor. The AFM image show granular features on the morphology of all GSZO films. All samples also exhibit a preferential c-axis orientation as detected by XRD. The XRD indicates higher crystal quality and larger crystallite size on GSZO thin films at 2.0 at.% and agrees well with the AFM results. However, the transparency and optical band-gap of the GSZO thin films degrade with higher co-doping concentration. The best electrical properties were achieved at co-doping concentration of 1 at.% with conductivity and carrier density of 7.50 × 10-2S/cm and 1.37 × 1016cm-3, respectively. At 1.0 at.% co-doping concentration, optimal optical transmittance and electrical properties were achieved, making it promising in the application of optoelectronics.


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