Defects induced in cerium dioxide single crystals by electron irradiation

Costantini, Jean-Marc; Miro, Sandrine; Touati, Nadia; Binet, Laurent; Wallez, Gilles; Lelong, Gérald; Guillaumet, Maxime; Weber, William J.

doi:10.1063/1.5007823

Title: Defects induced in cerium dioxide single crystals by electron irradiation

Journal Article · Fri Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007823· OSTI ID:1422581

Costantini, Jean-Marc ^[1]; Miro, Sandrine ^[2]; Touati, Nadia ^[3]; Binet, Laurent ^[3]; Wallez, Gilles ^[3]; Lelong, Gérald ^[4]; Guillaumet, Maxime ^[4];

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DEN, Service de Recherches Metallurgiques Appliquees, CEA, Universite Paris-Saclay (France)
DEN, Service de Recherches de Metallurgie Physique, CEA, Universite Paris-Saclay (France)
Chimie Paris-Tech, PSL Research University, Institut de Recherche de Chimie-Paris (France); Sorbonne Universite, UPMC (France)
Institut de Mineralogie, de Physique des Materiaux et Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Universites-UPMC Univ Paris (France). Museum National d Histoire Naturelle
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Materials Science and Engineering; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division

In this work, Micro-Raman spectroscopy, X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and UV-visible optical absorption spectroscopy were used to study the damage production in cerium dioxide (CeO₂) single crystals by electron irradiation for three energies (1.0, 1.4, and 2.5 MeV). The Raman-active T_2g peak was left unchanged after 2.5-MeV electron irradiation at a high fluence. This shows that no structural modifications occurred for the cubic fluorite structure. UV-visible optical absorption spectra exhibited a characteristic sub band-gap tail for 1.4-MeV and 2.5-MeV energies, but not for 1.0 MeV. Narrow EPR lines were recorded near liquid-helium temperature after 2.5-MeV electron irradiation; whereas no such signal was found for the virgin un-irradiated crystal or after 1.0-MeV irradiation for the same fluence. The angular variation of these lines in the {111} plane revealed a weak g-factor anisotropy assigned to Ce³⁺ ions (with the 4f¹ configuration) in a high-symmetry local environment. Finally, it is concluded that Ce³⁺ ions may be produced by a reduction resulting from the displacement damage process. However, no evidence of F⁺ or F⁰ center or hole center formation due to irradiation was found from the present EPR and optical absorption spectra.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1422581

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1416844

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 123, Issue 2; ISSN 0021-8979

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