Structural stability in Aurivillius phases based on ab initio thermodynamics |
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Authors: | Ruihao Qiu Faqiang Zhang Shan Zheng Yongxiang Li Wenqing Zhang |
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Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China;2. The Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials and Device, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China;3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China |
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Abstract: | The Aurivillius oxide family possessess various attractive physical properties and have been commercially applicable in many areas. The regular large-period phases of this family are believed to offer better flexibilities of performance optimization than the commercial ones. However, the experimental synthesis of them is still challenging and the physical mechanisms of their structural stability are not yet clear. We propose a quasi-binary solid solution approach to study the structural stability of Aurivillius phases based on ab initio calculations. Three typical homologous series, CaBi2Nam-2NbmO3m+3 and Mm-3Bi4TimO3m+3 (M=Ca, Sr) with different in-plane lattice mismatches and chemical compositions, are studied. Our results prove that all the three systems are thermodynamically stable up to m=7 phases. By decomposing the formation process into two separate steps and analyzing the contributions to Gibbs formation energy from different factors, the configurational entropy as well as chemical bond optimization is suggested to play a crucial role in stabilizing the final phases, together with the elastic effect that was solely considered as the dominant factor before. |
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Keywords: | A Ceramics A Multilayers C ab initio Calculations D Phase equilibria D Thermodynamic properties |
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