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Thermochemistry of Lanthana‐ and Yttria‐Doped Thoria
Author(s) -
Aizenshtein Michael,
Shvareva Tatiana Y.,
Navrotsky Alexandra
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04001.x
Subject(s) - endothermic process , exothermic reaction , oxide , thermochemistry , yttria stabilized zirconia , lanthanide , doping , dopant , standard enthalpy of formation , solid oxide fuel cell , materials science , inorganic chemistry , calorimetry , chemistry , solid solution , vacancy defect , analytical chemistry (journal) , thermodynamics , ion , crystallography , ceramic , metallurgy , physics , cubic zirconia , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , adsorption , electrode , chromatography , anode
Lanthanide‐doped thoria is relevant both to nuclear energy and to solid oxide fuel cell technology. It is also a simple model system in which oxygen vacancy concentration is directly proportional to doping with no complication from oxidation–reduction reactions, ordered phases, or phase transitions in the tetravalent oxide. Despite this relevance, only few thermodynamic data are available for such systems. In the present study, La x Th 1− x O 2−0.5 x (0< x <0.50) and Y x Th 1− x O 2−0.5 x (0< x <0.18) have been synthesized, characterized, and systematically studied for the first time using high‐temperature oxide melt solution calorimetry. Two competing effects contribute to the energetics: endothermic deviation from ideality related to cation size difference and partial stabilization of the system due to the exothermic formation of defect clusters. The former can be described by endothermic regular solution interaction parameters of 119.3 ± 11.4 kJ/mol for the yttria system and 27.8 ± 4.1 kJ/mol for the lanthana system. The latter can be described by exothermic vacancy clustering or defect association energies of –116.3 ± 23.3 kJ/mol for yttria‐doped thoria and –98.6 ± 19.7 kJ/mol for lanthana‐doped thoria.