Phase formation and structural transformation of strontium ferrite SrFeOx
Abstract
Non-stoichiometric strontium iron oxide is described by an abbreviated formula SrFeOx (2.5 ≤ x ≤ 3.0) exhibits a variety of interesting physical and chemical properties over a broad range of temperatures and in different gaseous environments. The oxide contains a mixture of iron in the trivalent and the rare tetravalent state. The material at elevated temperature is a mixed oxygen conductor and it, or its derivatives,can have practical applications in oxygen conducting devices such as pressure driven oxygen generators, partial oxidation reactors in electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). ¶ This thesis examines the behaviour of the material at ambient and elevated temperatures using a broad spectrum of solid state experimental techniques such as: x-ray and neutron powder diffraction,thermogravimetric and calorimetric methods,scanning electron microscopy and Mossbauer spectroscopy. Changes in the oxide were induced using conventional thermal treatment in various atmospheres as well as mechanical energy (ball milling). ¶ ...
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Keywords
ferrite, SrFeOx, SrFeO, SrFeO2.5, SrFeO2.75, SrFeO2.875, SrFeO3, Sr2Fe2O5, Sr4Fe4O11, Sr8Fe8O23, SrFe12O19, ionic conductor, solid state electrolyte, oxygen conductor, oxide, ferrite, non-stoichiometric oxide, oxidation, carbonation, neutron diffraction, x-ray diffraction, Rietveld method, spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, Mossbauer, TGA, DTA, DSC, SEM, antiferromagnet, Neel point, Ellingham plot, ball milling, mechanochemistry, SOFC, solid oxide fuel cell, oxygen generator, oxygen conducting membrane, mechanical activation, crystal structure, mechanical oxidation, mechanical carbonation, phase diagram, perovskite, high temperature crystal structurephase transition, high temoxygen nonstoichiometry