Synthesis of Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9 Nanocrystalline Powders by Low Temperature Combustion Process

Abstract

In this work, synthesis of the nanocrystalline Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9Solid solution Powders by a nitrate-glycine gel-combustion process was investigated. The effects of glycine/metal ratio and calcination temperature on the powders phase structure, morphology and particle were investigated. TG-DSC curves and XRD peak of different glycine/metal ratio show that smaller particle size can be obtained with a slightly fuel-deficient ratio. XRD results indicate that the as-prepared powders are crystallinzed in a single fluorrite structure. The crystalline size ranges from 9 nm to 24 nm, which increases with the increase of calcination temperature. The SEM results imply some organic agent may be eliminated by high temperature calcination process.