کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1504058 1510968 2016 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Approaching compositional limits of perovskite – type oxides and oxynitrides by synthesis of Mg0.25Ca0.65Y0.1Ti(O,N)3, Ca1–xYxZr(O,N)3 (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4), and Sr1–xLaxZr(O,N)3 (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4)
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی مواد سرامیک و کامپوزیت
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Approaching compositional limits of perovskite – type oxides and oxynitrides by synthesis of Mg0.25Ca0.65Y0.1Ti(O,N)3, Ca1–xYxZr(O,N)3 (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4), and Sr1–xLaxZr(O,N)3 (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4)
چکیده انگلیسی


• Two series of perovskites Sr1–xLaxZrO3+0.5x and Ca1–xYxZrO3+0.5x (x = 0.1–0.4) were synthesized by Pechini method.
• The respective oxynitrides were generated by subsequent ammonolysis.
• A reduction of the band gap up to 2.1 eV was achieved.
• For Mg0.25Ca0.65Y0.1Ti(O,N)3 a band gap of 2.2 eV was reached.
• Thermal stability of the prepared oxynitrides in oxygen atmosphere up to 873 K was obtained.

Partial substitution of cations and anions in perovskite-type materials is a powerful way to tune the desired properties. The systematic variation of the cations size, the partial exchange of O2− for N3− and their effect on the size of the optical band gap and the thermal stability was investigated here. The anionic substitution resulted in the formation of the orthorhombic perovskite-type oxynitrides Mg0.25Ca0.65Y0.1Ti(O,N)3, Ca1-xYxZr(O,N)3, and Sr1–xLaxZr(O,N)3. A two-step synthesis protocol was applied: i) (nano-crystalline) oxide precursors were synthesized by a Pechini method followed by ii) ammonolysis in flowing NH3 at T = 773 K (Ti) and T = 1273 K (Zr), respectively. High-temperature synthesis of such oxide precursors by solid–state reaction generally resulted in phase separation of the different A-site cations. Changes of the crystal structures were investigated by Rietveld refinements of the powder XRD data, thermal stability by DSC/TG measurements in oxygen atmosphere, oxygen and nitrogen contents by O/N analysis using hot gas extraction technique, and optical band gaps by photoluminescence spectroscopy. By moving from Mg0.25Ca0.65Y0.1Ti(O,N)3 via Ca1–xYxZr(O,N)3 to Sr1–xLaxZr(O,N)3, the degree of tilting of the octahedral network is reduced, as observed by an increase in the B–X–B angles caused by the simultaneously increasing effective ionic radius of the A-site cation(s). In general, increasing substitution levels on the A-site (Y3+ and La3+) are accompanied by an enhanced replacement of O2− by N3−. In all three systems, this anionic substitution resulted in a reduction of the optical band gap by approximately 1 eV (Ti) and up to 2.1 eV (Zr) compared to the respective oxides. For Mg0.25Ca0.65Y0.1Ti(O,N)3 an optical band gap of 2.2 eV was observed, appropriate for a solar water splitting photocatalyst. The Zr-based oxynitrides required a by a factor of 2 higher nitrogen contents to significantly reduce the optical band gap and the measured values of 2.9 eV–3.2 eV are larger compared to the Ti-based oxynitride. Bulk thermal stability was revealed up to T = 881 K. In general, the thermal stability decreased with increasing substitution levels due to an increasing deviation from the ideal anionic composition as demonstrated by O/N analysis.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Solid State Sciences - Volume 54, April 2016, Pages 7–16
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