Influence of composition and oxygen-vacancy ordering on lattice parameter and elastic moduli of Ce1-xGdxO2-x/2 : A theoretical study

• We study the behaviour of the lattice parameter and elastic moduli of Ce1-xGdxO2-x/2 for the random (fluoritelike) and C-type ordered oxygen-vacancy configurations [Zguns et al., PCCP 20 (2018) 11805-11818]. For the fluorite phase, elastic moduli decrease linearly with Gd concentration. For the C-type phase, the bulk, shear and Young moduli are found to be systematically larger and the lattice parameter smaller than those for disordered fluorite phase. Essentially the linear behaviour of the bulk modulus and lattice parameter depending on the degree of the C-type order is found. Our findings explain the experimentally observed elastic moduli of Ce1-xGdxO2-x/2.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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Structure-property relation

Gd-doped ceria

Ordering

Elastic moduli

DFT

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