The silicate oxyapatites Ca2-3xLa8+2x□x(SiO4)6O2 (x=0, 0.17, 0.33, 0.50, 0.67) was synthesized via a sol-gel method at low temperature. The apatite phases have been characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), con...The silicate oxyapatites Ca2-3xLa8+2x□x(SiO4)6O2 (x=0, 0.17, 0.33, 0.50, 0.67) was synthesized via a sol-gel method at low temperature. The apatite phases have been characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), conducting properties was studied by electrical chemistry impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The conductivity of La9.33□0.67(SiO4)6O2 is 1.58 × 10-3 S·cm-1 at 700 ℃, it is higher about 4 270 times than that of Ca2La8(SiO4)6O2, the activation energy is decreasing from 1.37 eV to 0.84 eV. With cation vacancies increasing,the conducting mechanism is gradually translation from a direct linear pathway free oxygen ion conduction to a curve pathway interstitial oxygen ion conduction. The electrical conductivities is almost independent of the oxygen partial pressure, this suggests that the oxyapatites exhibited almost pure O2- ion conduction over a wide range of oxygen partial pressure.展开更多
文摘The silicate oxyapatites Ca2-3xLa8+2x□x(SiO4)6O2 (x=0, 0.17, 0.33, 0.50, 0.67) was synthesized via a sol-gel method at low temperature. The apatite phases have been characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), conducting properties was studied by electrical chemistry impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The conductivity of La9.33□0.67(SiO4)6O2 is 1.58 × 10-3 S·cm-1 at 700 ℃, it is higher about 4 270 times than that of Ca2La8(SiO4)6O2, the activation energy is decreasing from 1.37 eV to 0.84 eV. With cation vacancies increasing,the conducting mechanism is gradually translation from a direct linear pathway free oxygen ion conduction to a curve pathway interstitial oxygen ion conduction. The electrical conductivities is almost independent of the oxygen partial pressure, this suggests that the oxyapatites exhibited almost pure O2- ion conduction over a wide range of oxygen partial pressure.