Highly enhanced thermal stability of Zn4Sb3 nanocomposites

Hao Yin; Simon Johnsen; Kasper Andersen Borup; Kenichi Kato; Masaki Takata; Bo Brummerstedt Iversen

doi:10.1039/C3CC42340A

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Highly enhanced thermal stability of Zn₄Sb₃ nanocomposites†

Hao Yin,^ab Simon Johnsen,^a Kasper Andersen Borup,^a Kenichi Kato,^c Masaki Takata^c and Bo Brummerstedt Iversen*^a

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^a Centre for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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^b TEGnology ApS, Lysholt Alle 10, DK-7100 Vejle, Denmark

^c RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan

Abstract

The effects of nano-sized TiO₂ and ZnO ceramic inclusions on the high temperature stability of Zn₄Sb₃ have been studied using multi-temperature synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. Samples with 9 nm TiO₂ nanoinclusions exhibit remarkable stability after three heating cycles to 625 K.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42340A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 31 Mar 2013
Accepted: 29 May 2013
First published: 30 May 2013

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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 6540-6542

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Highly enhanced thermal stability of Zn₄Sb₃ nanocomposites

H. Yin, S. Johnsen, K. A. Borup, K. Kato, M. Takata and B. B. Iversen, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6540 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42340A

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