Synthesis and characterization of brownmillerite SrFeO{sub 2.5} in nanostructured form
- Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai-600 025 (India)
Synthesis of bulk polycrystalline and nanocrystalline oxygen-deficient SrFeO{sub 2.5} compounds, with potential applications as oxygen membranes, has been explored by chemical route to optimize an easy and reproducible method for high yield. The structure of the samples was investigated by X-ray powder diffraction followed by structural refinement. Both bulk and nanocrystalline SrFeO{sub 2.5} crystallize in Imma space group. X-ray powder diffraction pattern corresponds to the brownmillerite structure in which the Fe cations exist in an octahedral or tetrahedral configuration in alternate layers along the b axis. Brunauer−Emmett−Teller (BET) surface area is found to be 0.40m{sup 2}/g and 14 m{sup 2}/g for bulk and nanocrystalline SrFeO{sub 2.5} respectively. The morphology of these materials was also investigated by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.
- OSTI ID:
- 22490221
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1665, Issue 1; Conference: 59. DAE solid state physics symposium 2014, Tamilnadu (India), 16-20 Dec 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CATIONS
FERRITES
ION MICROPROBE ANALYSIS
MEMBRANES
MORPHOLOGY
NANOSTRUCTURES
OXYGEN
POLYCRYSTALS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
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SURFACE AREA
SYNTHESIS
TETRAGONAL LATTICES
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
X-RAY DIFFRACTION