Investigation on the structural and electrical properties of NdSrNi1−xCrxO4+δ (0.1≤x≤0.9) system |
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Authors: | Manel Jammali |
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Institution: | Unité de Recherche de Chimie des Matériaux (02/UR/12-01), ISSBAT, Université de Tunis El Manar, 9 Avenue Dr. Zoheir Safi, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia |
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Abstract: | The phases NdSrNi1−xCrxO4+δ (0.1≤x≤0.9) have been synthesized by modified sol-gel method and subsequent annealing at 1250 °C in 1 atm of flowing argon. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and electrical resistivity have been measured at room temperature. Rietveld refinement shows that all compositions with x>0.1 were found to crystallize in the tetragonal K2NiF4 type structure in the space group I4/mmm, while for x=0.1, a mixture of two phases with the tetragonal space group I4/mmm and the orthorhombic space group Fmmm. Variations of a and c parameters show a complex behavior with increasing chromium content. It was established that compounds with chromium content less then x≤0.5 are oxygen-deficient, while for x>0.5 the sample are oxygen-overstoichiometric. The NdSrNi0.5Cr0.5O4+δ compound exhibits semiconductive behavior and the electrical transport mechanism agrees with the non-adiabatic small polaron hopping model in the temperature ranges 298-493, 493-573 and 573-703 K separately. |
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Keywords: | Sol-gel method X-ray powder diffraction LnSrNiCrO system K2NiF4 Conductivity Small polaron hopping model |
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