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Effect of Y2O3 and Er2O3 co-dopants on phase stabilization of bismuth oxide

Arasteh, S ; Sharif University of Technology | 2011

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.04.136
  3. Publisher: 2011
  4. Abstract:
  5. Bi2O3 compositions were prepared to investigate the effect of rare earth metal oxides as co-dopants on phase stability of bismuth oxide. Compositions containing 9-14 mol% of Y2O3 and Er2O3 were synthesized by solid state reaction. The structural characterization was carried out using X-ray powder diffraction. The XRD results show that the samples containing 12 and 14 mol% total dopants had cubic structure, whereas the samples with lower dopant concentrations were tetragonal. Comparing the lattice parameters of the cubic phases of (Bi 2O3)0.88(Y2O3) 0.06(Er2O3)0.06 and (Bi 2O3)0.86(Y2O3) 0.07(Er2O3)0.07 revealed that lattice parameter decreases by increasing the dopant concentration. The XRD pattern and the powder density results indicated the formation of solid solution in the studied systems. After annealing samples with cubic phase at 600 °C for various periods of time, phase transformation to tetragonal and rhombohedral occurs
  6. Keywords:
  7. Bi2O3 ; Er2O3 ; Solid oxide fuel cell ; Y2O3 Stabilization ; Bismuth oxides ; Co-dopants ; Cubic phase ; Cubic phasis ; Cubic structure ; Dopant concentrations ; Phase stabilization ; Phase transformation ; Powder density ; Rare-earth metal oxide ; Structural characterization ; XRD ; XRD patterns ; Bismuth ; Fuel cells ; Lattice constants ; Phase stability ; Powder metals ; Semiconductor doping ; Solid state reactions ; Stabilization ; X ray powder diffraction ; Erbium
  8. Source: Ceramics International ; Volume 37, Issue 8 , 2011 , Pages 3451-3455 ; 02728842 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884211005396