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Crystal Chemistry and Phase Equilibria of the CaO-½Ho2O3-CoOz System at 885 °C in Air

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Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, William J. Laws, Qingzhen Huang, Jie Hou, James A. Kaduk, Saul H. Lapidus, Lynn Ribaud

Abstract

The phase diagram of the CaO-½Ho2O3-CoOz system was determined at 885 ºC in air. This diagram offers detailed compatibility relationships in the ternary oxide system that are essential for processing and for the understanding of thermoelectric properties. The system consists of two calcium cobaltate thermoelectric compounds. The 2D thermoelectric oxide, (Ca3-xHox)Co4O9-z (0 x 0.5), has a misfit layered structure, and the 1D Ca3Co2O6 consists of chains of alternating CoO6 trigonal prisms and CoO6 octahedra. Ca3Co2O6 was found to be a stoichiometric compound without the substitution of Ho on the Ca site. No solid solution of the distorted perovskite, (Ho1-xCax)CoO3-z was established at this temperature. In the CaO-Ho2O3 system, while a small solid solution region was identified for (Ho1-xCax)O(3-z)/2 (0
Citation
Powder Diffraction
Volume
107

Keywords

Phase diagram of CaO-½Ho2O3-CoOz at 885 °C in Air, thermoelectric oxide (Ca3-xHox)Co4O9-z, phase compatibility relationships, structure for (Ho1-xCax)O(3-z)/2

Citation

Wong-Ng, W. , Laws, W. , Huang, Q. , Hou, J. , Kaduk, J. , , S. and Ribaud, L. (2020), Crystal Chemistry and Phase Equilibria of the CaO-½Ho2O3-CoOz System at 885 °C in Air, Powder Diffraction, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2020. (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created July 1, 2020, Updated October 3, 2020