Tin-, titanium-, and magnesium-doped α-Cr2O3:: characterisation and rationalisation of the structures

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作者
Ayub, I [1 ]
Berry, FJ [1 ]
Johnson, C [1 ]
Johnson, DA [1 ]
Moore, EA [1 ]
Ren, XL [1 ]
Widatallah, HM [1 ]
机构
[1] Open Univ, Dept Chem, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England
关键词
alpha-Cr2O3; structure of doped alpha-Cr2O3;
D O I
10.1016/S0038-1098(02)00213-2
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Tin- and titanium-doped alpha-Cr2O3 have been prepared by the calcination of precipitates. Rietveld structure refinement of the X-ray powder diffraction patterns shows that the dopant metals occupy interstitial sites and partially substitute on octahedral chromium sites in the corundum-related alpha-Cr2O3 structure. Interatomic potential calculations show that such defects are energetically more favourable than the exclusive substitution of chromium or the occupation by the dopant of interstitial sites in alpha-Cr2O3 with charge balance being achieved by an appropriate number of cation vacancies. However, the attempted incorporation of magnesium within alpha-Cr2O3 results in the formation of spinel-related MgCr2O4. The observation is rationalised in terms of the greater thermodynamic stability of the spinel-related structure. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:5
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