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Structure and morphology of neodymium-doped cerium oxide solid solution prepared by a combined simple polymer heating and D.C.-magnetron sputtering method
Nurhasanah I.a, Abdullah M.b, Khairurrijalb
a Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
b Physics of Electronics Materials Research Division, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Neodymium-doped Cerium Oxide (NDC) solid solution is attractive alternative material to replace yttria-stabillized zirconia (YSZ) used as an electrolyte for solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). In this study Nd-CeO2 nanoparticles with Nd of 3, 6 and 9 at./at.-% were synthesized by simple polymer heating. The NDC thin films were deposited on silicon substrates by using target made from the nanoparticles. Deposition process was carried out by D.C.-magnetron sputtering at temperature as low as 375°C. XRD pattern was used to confirm solid solubility and structural properties of the films. The results indicated that all samples are single phase solid solution with cubic fluorite structure. Their lattice parameters increase with increasing Nd content. It was also found that the mean grain size decrease with increasing Nd content. SEM analysis showed that NDC thin films have dense and uniform thickness. These results revealed that the nanoparticles and thin films of NDC solid solution are successfully prepared by a combined simple polymer heating and D.C.-Magnetron Sputtering method at low temperature. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Cerium oxide,D.C. magnetron sputtering,Nanoparticles,Polymer heating[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906051[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]