0000000000953931
AUTHOR
François Morin
The growth of oxide platelets on nickel in pure oxygen. II. Surface analyses and growth mechanism
The structural properties of NiO platelets emerging from a primary oxide layer by oxidation of pretreated nickels in pure oxygen between 650 and 800° C have been investigated in relation with the initial metallic layers and the primary oxide. Surface composition and segregation of impurities were also studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy. Textural properties and structural orientation of both the primary oxide layer and the platelets were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Platelets grew along {111} planes, leading to elliptical or semicircular bicrystals. The driving force for the present type of growth originates from…
An X-ray powder diffraction study of lanthanum–strontium ferromanganites
Abstract Various lanthanum–strontium ferromanganites (La 1− x Sr x )(Mn 1− y Fe y )O 3± δ (LSMF) with x =0.2, 0.5 and 0.7 and y =0.2, 0.5 and 0.8 were prepared by a glycine–nitrate combustion route and conditioned into two different oxygenation states which are likely to be encountered in cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). Crystal symmetries for both the low and the fully oxygenated states were determined by X-ray diffractometry. Most perovskite compositions crystallized in either cubic or rhombohedral symmetry with the exception of La 0.5 Sr 0.5 Mn 0.2 Fe 0.8 O 3± δ , where a transition from rhombohedral to cubic occurred in going from the full to the low oxygenation stat…