Non-stoichiometry, electrical properties, and cation diffusion in highly non-stoichiometric Co1-xO-I. Experimental†

K. Persels Constant*, T. O. Mason, S. J. Rothman, J. L. Routbort

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Abstract

Non-stoichiometry and mass and electrical transport properties were measured in pure, single crystal Co1-xO with 0.003 ≤ x ≤ 0.044. Electrical conductivity and thermopower were measured at temperatures from 1000°C to 1200°C in a range of oxygen partial pressures, Po2, of 0.21 to 32atm. The cation tracer diffusion coefficient was measured at 1200°C in the same pressure range, and at 3.7 atm from 1064°C to 1200°C. Electrical properties were used to locate the Co1-xO/Co3O4 phase boundary. All properties show a stronger po2, dependence than predicted by a point defect theory based on ideal solutions. Analysis of the temperature dependence of hole mobility produced an activation energy for small polaron hopping of 0.37 ± 0.04 eV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)405-411
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume53
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1992

Funding

t Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, BES-Materials Sciences, under contracts W-31-109-ENG-38 and FGO2-84ER45097. (1P resent address: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.

Keywords

  • Cobalt monoxide
  • diffusion
  • electrical conductivity
  • non-stoichiometry
  • point defects
  • small polaron
  • thermoelectric power

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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