Volume no :12, Issue no: -1, July and October 2015

Journal of Materials Science and Engineering with Advanced Technology

PERFORMANCE OF Eu-DOPED OXIDE FILMS FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND ENERGY CONVERSION: ARGUMENTS FOR THE LATTICE COMPATIBILITY THEORY (LCT)

Author's: AyÅŸe Yumak, Karem Boubaker, Andrea Colantoni, Petya Petkova, Danilo Monarca, Massimo Cecchini and Leonardo Longo
Pages: [49] - [61]
Received Date: October 30, 2015
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18642/jmseat_7100121568

Abstract

In this study, some arguments for the recently discussed materials-related Lattice Compatibility Theory (LCT) are presented. Fundaments are based on the recorded behaviour disparity of some rare earth doped oxides. Incorporation of ions during growth has been demonstrated through Urbach tailing and Faraday effect analyze, implying the possibility of loading of similar rare earth elements species into the nano-channels of ternary and quaternary materials for energy conversion.

Keywords

doping, nanostructures, single crystal growth, rare earth compounds, energy compound, semiconducting ternary compounds.