Title:

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies of PrAlO3 crystals before and after thermal treatment

Group publication title:

Optica Applicata

Creator:

Kruczek, Magdalena ; Talik, Ewa ; Pawlak, Dorota A. ; Łukasiewcz, Tadeusz

Contributor:

Gaj, Miron. Redakcja ; Wilk, Ireneusz. Redakcja

Subject and Keywords:

optyka ; characterization ; praseodymium compounds ; perovskites ; oxides

Description:

Optica Applicata, Vol. 35, 2005, nr 3, s. 347-354

Abstrakt:

The as-grown PrAlO3 single crystals grown by the Czochralski method are brown colored and after annealing in the reducing atmosphere (20%) H2/N2 they change the color to green. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to study the chemical composition and electronic structure of PrAlO3 single crystals before and after the thermal treatment. The core electron lines of praseodymium, aluminum and oxygen were measured and deconvoluted into the synthetic peaks to determine the chemical shifts. The mixed ionic and covalent character of bonds was found. The praseodymium valency may influence the coloration of the PrAlO3 crystal. In the as-grown sample an additional Pr 3d3/2 peak at about 965 eV has higher intensity than that in the annealed one and is attributed to the presence of Pr4+ ions. The measurements showed the reduction of oxygen during thermal treatment and that interstitial oxygen was not removed in this process.

Publisher:

Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej

Place of publication:

Wrocław

Date:

2005

Resource Type:

artykuł

Source:

<sygn. PWr A3481II> ; click here to follow the link ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Relation:

Optica Applicata ; Optica Applicata, Vol. 35, 2005 ; Optica Applicata, Vol. 35, 2005, nr 3 ; Politechnika Wrocławska. Wydział Podstawowych Problemów Techniki

Rights:

Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone (Copyright)

Access Rights:

Dla wszystkich w zakresie dozwolonego użytku

Location:

Politechnika Wrocławska