Defect accumulation in swift heavy ion-irradiated CeO2 and ThO2

Palomares, Raul I.; Shamblin, Jacob; Tracy, Cameron L.; Neuefeind, Joerg; Ewing, Rodney C.; Trautmann, Christina; Lang, Maik

doi:10.1039/c7ta02640d

Defect accumulation in swift heavy ion-irradiated CeO₂ and ThO₂

Journal Article · Tue May 30 04:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta02640d· OSTI ID:1410951

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Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Technische Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany)

Here, neutron total scattering was used to investigate defect accumulation mechanisms in CeO₂ and ThO₂ irradiated with 2.2 GeV Au ions. Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis was applied to characterize the local structural evolution and irradiation-induced defects as a function of irradiation fluence. CeO₂ exhibits a greater amount of disorder than ThO₂ under the same irradiation conditions. The local structures of the two materials evolve differently as a function of ion fluence, even if similar defects are produced. The PDF analysis indicates that oxygen dimer and/or peroxide defects with distances of ~1.45 Å are formed in CeO₂, while irradiation-induced defects in ThO₂ result in a change in the mean O–Th–O bond angle and a distortion of local ThO₈ polyhedra. Understanding how bound oxygen defects, such as peroxide, affect bulk oxygen transport in CeO₂ will aid in better predicting and improving properties of fluorite structure materials for fast ion conductor applications.

Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1410951

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 5; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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