TY - JOUR
T1 - Examination of the superprotonic transition and dehydration behavior of Cs0.75Rb0.25H2PO4 by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses
AU - Ikeda, Ayako
AU - Haile, Sossina M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge Mary Louie for providing EDS chemical analysis results. This work has been funded by a Department of Defense MURI award administered by the Army Research Office ( W911NF-07-1-0410 ). Additional support has been provided by the National Science Foundation ( DMR-0520565 ), through the Caltech Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials.
PY - 2010/2/24
Y1 - 2010/2/24
N2 - The dehydration and the superprotonic transition behavior of Cs0.75Rb0.25H2PO4 have been investigated via thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. To enable measurements under the high water partial pressures required, a high humidity system (pH2O = 0.02-0.8 atm) capable of weight change detection at 0.7% resolution and thermal events with 0.01 °C resolution was assembled. It has been found that the superprotonic phase transition temperature of Cs0.75Rb0.25H2PO4 is 231 °C, slightly higher than that of CsH2PO4. In contrast, dehydration of Cs0.75Rb0.25H2PO4 under pH2O = 0.35 atm occurs at 265 °C, a somewhat lower temperature than that at which CsH2PO4 undergoes dehydration. Analysis of the temporal evolution of both transformations suggests a mechanism of continuous nucleation of the high temperature phase at a constant nucleation rate combined with three-dimensional growth.
AB - The dehydration and the superprotonic transition behavior of Cs0.75Rb0.25H2PO4 have been investigated via thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. To enable measurements under the high water partial pressures required, a high humidity system (pH2O = 0.02-0.8 atm) capable of weight change detection at 0.7% resolution and thermal events with 0.01 °C resolution was assembled. It has been found that the superprotonic phase transition temperature of Cs0.75Rb0.25H2PO4 is 231 °C, slightly higher than that of CsH2PO4. In contrast, dehydration of Cs0.75Rb0.25H2PO4 under pH2O = 0.35 atm occurs at 265 °C, a somewhat lower temperature than that at which CsH2PO4 undergoes dehydration. Analysis of the temporal evolution of both transformations suggests a mechanism of continuous nucleation of the high temperature phase at a constant nucleation rate combined with three-dimensional growth.
KW - Cesium dihydrogen phosphate
KW - Cesium rubidium dihydrogen phosphate
KW - Dehydration
KW - Rubidium dihydrogen phosphate
KW - Superprotonic transition
KW - Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssi.2009.10.019
DO - 10.1016/j.ssi.2009.10.019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77649182403
SN - 0167-2738
VL - 181
SP - 193
EP - 196
JO - Solid State Ionics
JF - Solid State Ionics
IS - 3-4
ER -