1. Reduced thermal conductivity by nanoscale intergrowths in perovskite like layered structure La2Ti2O7.
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Jibran Khaliq, Chunchun Li, Kan Chen, Baogui Shi, Haitao Ye, Grande, Antonio M., Haixue Yan, and Reece, Michael J.
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THERMAL conductivity , *NANOSTRUCTURED materials , *PEROVSKITE , *STOICHIOMETRY , *TRANSMISSION electron microscopy , *X-ray diffraction - Abstract
The effect of substitution and oxidation-reduction on the thermal conductivity of perovskite-like layered structure (PLS) ceramics was investigated in relation to mass contrast and non-stoichiometry. Sr (acceptor) was substituted on the A site, while Ta (donor) was substituted on the B site of La2Ti2O7. Substitution in PLS materials creates atomic scale disorders to accommodate the non-stoichiometry. High resolution transmission electron microscopy and X ray diffraction revealed that acceptor substitution in La2Ti2O7 produced nanoscale intergrowths of n=5 layered phase, while donor substitution produced nanoscale intergrowths of n=3 layered phase. As a result of these nanoscale intergrowths, the thermal conductivity value reduced by as much as ∼20%. Pure La2Ti2O7 has a thermal conductivity value of ∼1.3W/m K which dropped to a value of ∼1.12W/m K for Sr doped La2Ti2O7 and ∼0.93 W/m K for Ta doped La2Ti2O7 at 573K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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