Oxide ion vacancy distribution in A site substituted defect pyrochlores.

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Electrolytes based on pyrochlores such as Ln2M2O7 (M = Ti, Zr, Hf) have attracted attention due to their relative stability combined with relatively high ionic conductivity at intermediate temperatures, with a view to their use in solid oxide fuel cells. Subvalent substitution of the larger A site cation introduces oxide ion vacancies into the system with a consequent significant increase in oxide ion conductivity. Additionally dielectric permittivity measurements suggest subtle phase transitions at elevated temperatures are enhanced in the substituted systems. A variable temperature total neutron scattering study of oxide vacancy distribution in the system (Nd1-xCax)2Zr2O7-x is proposed, through a combined Reverse Monte Carlo analysis of neutron and X-ray scattering data. Details of the cation distribution will be examined through parallel measurements isotopically enriched 43Ca.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.63527287
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/63527287
Provenance
Creator Mr Ali Shehu; Dr Steve Hull; Professor Martin Dove; Dr Stefan Norberg; Dr Isaac Abrahams; Dr Marcin Malys
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-09-21T07:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-09-25T07:00:00Z