Ce_(1-x)Ca_xO_(2-x)的溶胶-凝胶法的合成及其性质

用溶胶 -凝胶法合成了 Ce1-x Cax O2 -x(x=0～ 0 .3 5 )系列固体电解质 ,系统地研究了其晶体结构随Ca O含量的变化关系 .XRD测试表明 ,该体系于 1 60℃即形成萤石结构纯相 .高温 XRD表明 ,从室温至80 0℃ ,Ce1-x Cax O2 -x(x=0～ 0 .3 5 )未出现结构相变 .此法合成温度远低于传统的高温固相合成法和水热合成法的温度 .合成物的颗粒小 ,粒度均匀 .在 1 3 0 0℃即可烧结成高致密度样品 .XPS测试表明 ,掺杂 Ca O后吸附氧浓度明显增大 ,氧空位增多 ,电导率和氧离子迁移数增大 ,改善了 Ce O2 基固体电解质的性能 .

Mo掺杂对高纯Ce_(1-x)Nd_xO_(2-x/2)(x=0.10,0.15)体系烧结温度及晶界电性能的影响

用柠檬酸硝酸盐法制备高纯Ce1-xNdxO2-x/2(x=0.10,0.15)固溶体,加入摩尔分数为5%的Mo,研究了Mo掺杂对烧结温度、结构及电性能的影响.通过X射线衍射、电感偶合等离子体和场发射扫描电镜等手段对氧化物进行了结构表征,采用交流阻抗谱测试其电性能.柠檬酸硝酸盐法制备的前驱体经1450℃烧结24 h得到致密度大于96%的陶瓷材料;加入5%Mo,在1250℃下烧结8 h即可达到理想的致密度(>95%).加入Mo在烧结过程中可加快晶界迁移,促进晶粒生长,显著提高了晶界电导率.在600℃时Ce0.85Nd0.15O1.925的晶界电导率为2.56 S/m,加入Mo后材料的电导率增加到5.62 S/m.

Ce_(1-x)Sm_xO_(2-x/2)的溶胶-凝胶法的合成及氧空位的研究

本文利用溶胶-凝胶法合成了Ce_(1-x)Sm_xO_(2-x/2)(x=0-0.4)系列固体电解质,并且系统地研究了其晶体结构随Sm含量的变化关系。XRD表明:该体系从160℃开始即形成了立方萤石结构,且在所研究的组成范围内全部形成了单相固溶体。此温度远低于传统的高温固相合成法所需的温度,同时也较水热合成法的温度低。高温X-ray衍射研究表明直到800℃Ce_(1-x)Sm_xO_(2-x/2)未出现结构相转变,其晶格常数和晶胞体积随温度升高而增大。EPR测试证实了由于Sm~(3+)部分置换Ce~(4+)固溶体中所存在的单电荷缺陷(Sm_(Ce’),V_o~(oo))结构。在固溶体的Raman谱中观察到:纯CeO_2在465cm~(-1)仅有一个Raman振动模式,随着掺杂量的增大,此振动模式向低频方向移动,而且Raman线变宽且在570cm~(-1)附近出现一新的峰,这些变化都是由Sm~(3+)取代Ce~(4+)所产生的氧空位引起的。

(Ce_(0.9)Nd_(0.1))_(1-x)Mo_xO_(2-δ)(0.00≤x≤0.10)的合成、表征与电性能

采用溶胶-凝胶法合成(Ce0.9Nd0.1)1-xMoxO2-δ(x=0.00、0.02、0.05、0.10)氧化物,通过X射线衍射(XRD)、场发射扫描电镜(FESEM)等手段对氧化物进行结构表征,交流阻抗谱测试电性能.结果表明:所有样品均为单一萤石立方结构;少量MoO3的加入提高了材料的致密性,降低了材料的总电阻、晶界电阻和晶界电阻在总电阻中所占比例,提高了材料的电导率.1200℃烧结样品24h,测试温度700℃时,(Ce0.9Nd0.1)1-xMoxO2-δ(x=0.00)总电导率和晶界电导率分别为0.05和0.19S·m-1,掺Mo材料(Ce0.9Nd0.1)1-xMoxO2-δ(x=0.02)的总电导率和晶界电导率分别为2.42和3.96S·m-1.

(Ce_(0.8)RE_(0.2))_(1-x)M_xO_(2-δ)固体电解质的溶胶-凝胶合成及其电性质

利用溶胶 凝胶法合成了 (Ce0 .8RE0 .2 ) 1-xMxO2 -δ(RE :稀土 ,M :碱土 )系列固体电解质 ,XRD表明 80 0℃即形成萤石结构 ,较高温固相反应合成温度低约 70 0℃ .测定了样品的电导率和阻抗谱 .XPS测试表明 ,掺杂碱土氧化物后吸附氧浓度明显增大 ,氧空位增多 ,电导率和氧离子迁移数增大 ,改善了CeO2 基固体电解质的性能 .讨论了碱土及稀土离子对电性质的影响 .(Ce0 .8Sm0 .2 ) 1-0 .0 5 Ca0 .0 5 O2 -δ80 0℃时电导率0 1 2 6S·cm-1,氧离子迁移数 0 .99.

Cr3+ electron paramagnetic resonance study of Sn(1-x)CrxO(2) (0.00 <= x <= 0.10)

This paper reports on the liquid-helium-temperature (5 K) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of Cr3+ ions in the nanoparticles of SnO2 synthesized at 600 degrees C with concentrations of 0%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5%, 3.0%, 5.0%, and 10%. Each spectrum may be simulated as overlap of spectra due to four magnetically inequivalent Cr3+ centers characterized by different values of the spin-Hamiltonian parameters. Three of these centers belong to Cr3+ ions in orthorhombic sites, situated near oxygen vacancies, characterized by very large zero-field splitting parameters D and E, presumably due to the presence of nanoparticles in the samples. The fourth EPR spectrum belongs to the Cr3+ ions situated at sites with tetragonal symmetry, substituting for the Sn4+ ion, characterized by a very small value of D. In addition, there appears a ferromagnetic resonance line due to oxygen defects for samples with Cr3+ concentrations of <= 2.5%. Further, in samples with Cr3+ concentrations of >2.5%, there appears an intense and wide EPR line due to the interactions among the Cr3+ ions in the clusters formed due to rather excessive doping; the intensity and width of this line increase with increasing concentration. The Cr3+ EPR spectra observed in these nanopowders very different from those in bulk SnO2 crystals.

On the maximal rate of (n+1) x n and (n+2) x n complex orthogonal designs

For p x n complex orthogonal designs in k variables, where p is the number of channels uses and n is the number of transmit antennas, the maximal rate L of the design is asymptotically half as n increases. But, for such maximal rate codes, the decoding delay p increases exponentially. To control the delay, if we put the restriction that p = n, i.e., consider only the square designs, then, the rate decreases exponentially as n increases. This necessitates the study of the maximal rate of the designs with restrictions of the form p = n+1, p = n+2, p = n+3 etc. In this paper, we study the maximal rate of complex orthogonal designs with the restrictions p = n+1 and p = n+2. We derive upper and lower bounds for the maximal rate for p = n+1 and p = n+2. Also for the case of p = n+1, we show that if the orthogonal design admit only the variables, their negatives and multiples of these by root-1 and zeros as the entries of the matrix (other complex linear combinations are not allowed), then the maximal rate always equals the lower bound.

Crystal chemistry of a new solid solution in the BaO-Bi2O3-Nb2O5 system: Ba-5x/2-Bi(1-x)5/3Nb5O15

A solid solution of the type Ba5x/2Bi(1-x)5/3Nb5O15 has been identified in the BaO-Bi2O3-Nb2O5 system for the first time. The limits of the solid solution are within the range 0.52 <= x <= 0.80. The compositions x = 0.52, 0.60, 0.72, 0.77, 0.78, and 0.80 were synthesized by the solid-state technique from the starting materials in stoichiometric quantities. The powder X-ray patterns of all the phases in the domain indicate a structural similarity to tetragonal tungsten bronzes (TTBs). The compositions below x = 0.52 and those above x = 0.80 exhibit barium niobate and bismuth niobate impurities, respectively. Single crystals of the composition x = 0.77 were obtained by the melt cooling technique. The crystal structure of Ba3.85/2Bi1.15/3Nb5O15 (x = 0.77) was solved in the tetragonal space group P4bm (No. 100) with a = 12.4938 (14) angstrom, c = 3.9519 (2) A, V = 616.87 (10) angstrom(3), and Z = 2 and was refined to an R index of 0.034. Dielectric measurements on all the phases indicate a typical relaxor behavior with a broad phase transition at T-m approximate to 300 K.

Asymmetric synthesis of steroidal Tröger's base analogues. X-Ray molecular structure of methyl 3?,12?-{6H,12H-5,11-methanodibenzo[b,f][1,5]diazocine-2,8-bisacetoxy}-5?-cholan-24-oate

Cyclization of compound 5c in trifluoroacetic acid/hexamethylenetetramine produces Tröger's base analogue 6c in 75% yield with 70% diastereoselectivity.

New La2CuO4 derivatives La(2-2x)Sr(2x)Cu(1-x)M(x)O(4) (M=Ti, Mn, Fe, or Ru): A study of linear Cu-O-M electronic interaction in two dimensions

Oxides of the general formula La2-2xSr2xCu1-xII,M(x)(IV)O(4) (M = Ti, Mn, Fe, or Ru), crystallizing in the tetragonal K,NIF, structure, have been synthesized. For M=Ti, only the x=0,5 member could be prepared, while for M=Mn and Fe, the composition range is 0 Cu(III)-O-Fe(III) valence degeneracy. Increasing the strontium content at the expense of lanthanum in La2-2xSr2xCu1-xFexO4 for x less than or equal to 0.20 renders the samples metallic but not superconducting. (C) 1997 Academic Press.

Synthesis of acicular hydrogoethite (alpha-FeOOH center dot xH(2)O; 0.1 < x < 0.22) particles using morphology controlling cationic additives and magnetic properties of maghemite derived from hydrogoethite

A method for the preparation of acicular hydrogoethite (alpha -FeOOH.xH(2)O, 0.1 < x < 0.22) particles of 0.3-1 mm length has been optimized by air oxidation of Fe( II) hydroxide gel precipitated from aqueous (NH4)(2)Fe(SO4)(2) solutions containing 0.005-0.02 atom% of cationic Pt, Pd or Rh additives as morphology controlling agents. Hydrogoethite particles are evolved from the amorphous ferrous hydroxide gel by heterogeneous nucleation and growth. Preferential adsorption of additives on certain crystallographic planes thereby retarding the growth in the perpendicular direction, allows the particles to acquire acicular shapes with high aspect ratios of 8-15. Synthetic hydrogoethite showed a mass loss of about 14% at similar to 280 degreesC, revealing the presence of strongly coordinated water of hydration in the interior of the goethite crystallites. As evident from IR spectra, excess H2O molecules (0.1- 0.22 per formula unit) are located in the strands of channels formed in between the double ribbons of FeO6 octahedra running parallel to the c- axis. Hydrogoethite particles constituted of multicrystallites are formed with Pt as additive, whereas single crystallite particles are obtained with Pd (or Rh). For both dehydroxylation as well as H-2 reduction, a lower reaction temperature (similar to 220 degreesC) was observed for the former (Pt treated) compared to the latter (Pd or Rh) (similar to 260 degreesC). Acicular magnetite (Fe3O4) was prepared either by reducing hydrogoethite (magnetite route) or dehydroxylating hydrogoethite to hematite and then reducing it to magnetite (hematite- magnetite route). According to TEM studies, preferential dehydroxylation of hydrogoethite along < 010 > leads to microporous hematite. Maghemite (gamma -Fe2O3 (-) (delta), 0 < < 0.25) was obtained by reoxidation of magnetite. The micropores are retained during the topotactic transformation to magnetite and finally to maghemite, whereas cylindrical mesopores are formed due to rearrangement of the oxygen sublattice from hexagonal to cubic close packing during the conversion of hydrogoethite to magnetite and then to maghemite. Accordingly, three different types of maghemite particles are realized: strongly oriented multicrystalline particles, single crystalline acicular particles with micropores or crystallites having mesopores. Higher values of saturation magnetization ((s) = 74 emu g(-1)) and coercivity (H-c = 320 Oe) are obtained for single crystalline mesoporous particles. In the other cases, the smaller size of particles and larger distribution of micropores decreases sigma (s) considerably ( < 60 emu g(-1)) due to relaxation effects of spins on the surface atoms as revealed by Mossbauer spectroscopy.

CO adsorption on ionic Pt, Pd and Cu sites in Ce(1-x)M(x)O(2-delta) (M = Pt(2+), Pd(2+), Cu(2+))

Noble metal ion substituted CeO(2) in the form of Ce(0.98)M(0.02)O(2-delta) solid solution (where M = Pt, Pd, Cu) are the new generation catalysts with applications in three-way exhaust catalysis. While adsorption of CO on noble metals ions is well-known, adsorption of CO on noble metal ions has not been studied because creating exclusive ionic sites has been difficult. Using first-principles density functional theory (DFT) we have shown that CO gets adsorbed on the noble metal Pt(2+), Pd(2+), Cu(2+) ionic sites in the respective compounds, and the net energy of the overall system decreases. Adsorption of CO on metal ions is also confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).

Ba(3)(P(1-x)Mn(x)O(4))(2): Blue/green inorganic materials based on tetrahedral Mn(V)

We describe a blue/green inorganic material, Ba(3)(P(1-x)-Mn(x)O(4))(2) (I) based on tetrahedral MnO(4)(3-):3d(2) chromophore. The solid solutions (I) which are sky-blue and turquoise-blue for x <= 0.25 and dark green for x >= 0-50, are readily synthesized in air from commonly available starting materials, stabilizing the MnO(4)(3-) chromophore in an isostructural phosphate host. We suggest that the covalency/ionicity of P-O/Mn-O bonds in the solid solutions tunes the crystal field strength around Mn(V) such that a blue colour results for materials with small values of x. The material could serve as a nontoxic blue/green inorganic pigment.

Structure and Photocatalytic Activity of Ti 1- x M x O 2±δ (M = W, V, Ce, Zr, Fe, and Cu) Synthesized by Solution Combustion Method

The W, V, Ce, Zr, Fe, and Cu metal ion substituted nanocrystalline anatase TiO2 was prepared by solution combustion method and characterized by XRD, Raman, BET, EPR, XPS, IR TGA, UV absorption, and photoluminescence measurements. The structural studies indicate that the solid solution formation was limited to a narrow range of concentrations of the dopant ions. The photocatalytic degradation of 4-nitrophenol under UV and solar exposure was investigated with Ti1-xMxO2±δ. The degradation rates of 4-nitrophenol with these catalysts were lesser than the degradation rates of 4-nitrophenol with undoped TiO2 both with UV exposure and solar radiation. However, the photocatalytic activities of most metal ion doped TiO2 are higher than the activity of the commercial TiO2, Degussa P25. The decrease in photocatalytic activity is correlated with decrease in photoluminescence due to electron states of metal ions within the band gap of TiO2.

Tuning of phonon anharmonicity in pyrochlore titanates: temperature-dependent Raman studies of Sm2Ti2-xZrxO7 (x=0, 1/2, 3/4, and 2)and stuffed spin-ice Ho2+xTi2-xO7-x/2 (x=0, 1/3, and 2/3)

Anomalous temperature dependence of Raman phonon wavenumbers attributed to phononphonon anharmonic interactions has been studied in two different families of pyrochlore titanates. We bring out the role of the ionic size of titanium and the inherent vacancies of pyrochlore in these anomalies by studying the effect of replacement of Ti4?+ by Zr4?+ in Sm2Ti2O7 and by stuffing Ho3?+ in place of Ti4?+ in Ho2Ti2O7 with appropriate oxygen stoichiometry. Our results show that an increase in the concentration of the larger ion, i.e. Zr4?+ or Ho3?+, reduces the phonon anomalies, thus implying a decrease in the phononphonon anharmonic interactions. In addition, we find signatures of coupling between a phonon and crystal field transition in Sm2Ti2O7, manifested as an unusual increase in the phonon intensity with increasing temperature. Copyright (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.