Structure-property relationships in Mo-based oxides for SOFC applications

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Molybdenum based-oxides have recently attracted interest for use as electrolyte and electrode materials in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. This proposal requests 5 days of beamtime on the Polaris diffractometer to probe the structural properties of selected compounds in the Nd2O3-MoO3 and Tb2O3-MoO3 systems. Recent literature reports, supported by preliminary XRD and conductivity performed by the applicants, suggest that these materials possess relatively high conductivities and adopt crystal structures related to the cubic fluorite (MO2) arrangement. However, both systems are non-stoichiometric with (possibly) anion-excess and anion-deficiency, respectively. Total scattering measurements, exploiting the enhanced capabilities of the upgraded Polaris and analysed using Reverse Monte Carlo methods, will be used to probe the local disorder and correlate this with the bulk conductivity.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24091141
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24091141
Provenance
Creator Dr Steve Hull; Dr Stefan Norberg; Dr Jordi Jacas Biendicho
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-09-22T23:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-09-27T23:00:00Z