Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1299014 | Solid State Ionics | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Cubic bismuth uranium lanthanum oxide with formula Bi1.76U0.12La0.12O3.18 has been synthesized by heating at 950 °C a mixture of α-Bi2O3 and La0.5U0.5O2.25. After heating, the mixture was slowly cooled down to room temperature, and a cubic fluorite-type Fm3m single phase with lattice parameter ac = 5.605(1) Ã
has been obtained. The title compound does not undergo any structural transformation on heating up to 800 °C, as confirmed by high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction. The electrical conductivity vs. reciprocal temperature shows two regimes with a change in conductivity at ca. 550 °C. Both regimes are associated with conduction of O2â ions. The activation energy of the low-temperature regime and the high-temperature regime is 0.96 and 0.42 eV, respectively. Aging of the cubic phase by annealing at 600 °C for short (100 h) or long time (550 h) produces segregation of α-Bi2O3 and phases of lower symmetry (hexagonal or monoclinic, respectively) with a composition different from that of the starting cubic phase.
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Authors
M.G. Lazarraga, F. Pico, J.M. Amarilla, R.M. Rojas, J.M. Rojo,