Authors | Somoju Ramesh |
Affiliations |
Department of Physics, School of Science, GITAM (Deemed to be University), 502329 Telangana, India |
Е-mail | ramesh.ou1@gmail.com |
Issue | Volume 14, Year 2022, Number 2 |
Dates | Received 01 February 2022; revised manuscript received 18 April 2022; published online 29 April 2022 |
Citation | Somoju Ramesh, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 14 No 2, 02017 (2022) |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.14(2).02017 |
PACS Number(s) | 81.20.Ka, 81.07.Wx, 61.05.cp, 78.30.j, 72.80.Ng, 82.47.Ed |
Keywords | Modified sol-gel process, XRD (92) , SEM (114) , Raman (37) , Electrical conductivity (10) . |
Annotation |
Pr-Gd doped ceria nanopowder particles of the PGDC (Ce0.8Gd0.18Pr0.02O2 – δ) sample were synthesized by a sol-gel process modified using sucrose and pectin. XRD results showed space groupand a cubic structure. The average crystallite size was in the range of 9-13 nm. The average crystallite size value increased with temperature. Raman spectra showed more oxygen vacancies than undoped ceria. The relative density of the sample was 97 %. SEM images clearly showed a denser surface with grains. The electrical conductivity of the PGDC sample was 0.01461 S/cm at 700 C with an activation energy of 0.92 eV. |
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