Fabrication and Characterization of SOFC Anode, Ni-SDC Cermet

NiO and Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9 were synthesized by the combination of sol gel and citric acid-nitrate low temperature self-propagating combustion method. Anode precursors which include home-made NiO and Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9 were prepared by different NiO content and fabrication condition. The anode precursors with pure hydrogen at 820 ℃ for 2.5 h were reduced, The electrical conductivity was tested, and the effect of microstructure on electrical conductivity of Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9 composite anodes was investigated. The results show that the anode electrical conductivity depends strongly on the anode microstructure that is dramatically affected by Ni content and fabrication condition.

Hole Concentration Dependence of T_(c) in Bi_(2)Sr_(2)CaCu_(2)O_(y) System

The resistance,ac susceptibility and Hall coefficient measurements were carried out for the high quality single phase Bi_(2)Sr_(2)CaCu_(2)O_(y) samples with different oxygen contents.It is found that the number of extra oxygen atoms in the samples can be easily modulated when they are annealed in low vacuum,and that the relationship between T_(c) and P^(+) is unmonotonic with an optimum P^(+)=0.27holes/CuO_(2) plane corresponding to the highest T_(c)(=95K).This unmonotonic relationship is discussed briefly.

Magnetic properties of cobalt-based oxypnictide SmCoAsO

The magnetic properties of cobalt-based oxypnictides SmCoAsO are investigated by measuring magnetization,magnetoresistance and specific heat.The compound undergoes a ferromagnetic(FM) transition around Tc of 80 K,and a ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic(AFM) transition below TN1 of about 45 K,and finally an AFM order of Sm ion at TN2 of 5.6 K.The weak FM order should originate from the itinerant 3d electrons of Co ions in the CoAs layers.We propose that the magnetic structure should be A-type AFM,which means that the FM order remains within the CoAs layer and the magnetic coupling between the CoAs layers becomes AFM below TN1 of 45 K.The AFM coupling between the CoAs layers should be very weak.A magnetic field μ0H of about 2 T may cause an AFM-FM metamagnetic transition.A rich magnetic phase diagram is established and the interplay between the 3d electrons of Co ions and 4f electrons of Sm ions is discussed.

Structural and superconducting properties of LaFeAs_(1-x)Sb_xO_(1-y)F_y

We report the antimony(Sb) doping effect in a prototype system of iron-based superconductors LaFeAsO1-yFy(y=0,0.1,0.15).X-ray powder diffraction indicates that the lattice parameters increase with Sb content within the doping limit.Rietveld structural refinements show that,with the partial substitution of Sb for As,the thickness of the Fe2As2 layers increases significantly,whereas that of the La2O2 layers shrinks simultaneously.So a negative chemical pressure is indeed "applied" to the superconducting-active Fe2As2 layers,in contrast to the effect of positive chemical pressure by the phosphorus doping.Electrical resistance and magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that,while the Sb doping hardly influences the SDW anomaly in LaFeAsO,it recovers SDW order for the optimally-doped sample of y=0.1.In the meantime,the superconducting transition temperature can be raised up to 30 K in LaFeAs1-xSbxO1-yFy with x=0.1 and y=0.15.The Sb doping effects are discussed in term of both J1-J2 model and Fermi Surface(FS) nesting scenario.

Experimental evidence of coupling interaction between charge ordering and spin ordering

In order to experimentally probe into the complicated interaction between charge ordering and spin ordering in manganites,two sets of samples Nd0.5Sr0.5Mn1-xGaxO3(NSMGO) and Nd 0.5Sr0.5Mn1-y CryO3(NSMCO)(0.0 x,y 0.075),have been studied by means of electrical transport,magnetization,electron spin resonance and transmission electron microscopy analysis.By comparing the influence of Cr-doping and Ga-doping in the Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3(NSMO) system,large difference between the evolution of charge ordering temperature T co in the Cr-doping and the Ga-doping cases is found.In the NSMCO system,the CE-type antiferromagnetic(AFM)/charge ordering(CO) phase disappears with only 2.5 percent Cr doping;but in the NSMGO system,the CE-type AFM/CO phase always exists.This phenomenon indicates that the charge ordering formation is dominated by the spin ordering.As a result,it is experimentally proved that there is strong coupling interaction between charge ordering and spin ordering in NSMO system.