Single crystal growth of apatite-type Al-doped neodymium silicates by the floating zone method

• Main Authors: An, Tao, Baikie, Tom, Wei, Fengxia, Li, Henan, Brink, Frank, Wei, Jun, Ngoh, Shwu Lan, White, Timothy John, Kloc, Christian
• 其他作者: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2017
• 主題: Crystal structure; Floating zone technique
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85586; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43747

Lanthanoid silicates (Ln9.33Si6O26) adopt the hexagonal apatite structure and show potential as solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) electrolytes due to their high oxide ion conductivity at intermediate temperatures (500–700 °C). Ions migrate preferentially along the crystallographic c-axis, and can be impr...