Preparation by chemical co-precipitation, spectral and electrical characteristics of neodymium orthophosphate nanoparticles

作     者：Seema Verma K.K.Bamzai 

作者机构：Crystal Growth and Material Research Laboratory Department of Physics & Electronics University of Jammu 

出 版 物：《Journal of Rare Earths》 (稀土学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第33卷第5期

页      面：535-544页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0702[理学-物理学] 

主　　题：nanoparticles spectroscopic dielectric properties rare earths 

摘      要：Nanoparticles of neodymium orthophosphate （NdPO4） were prepared through a facile wet co-precipitation technique. The X-ray diffraction （XRD） studies revealed the material belonging to monoclinic monazite phase with crystallite size of 30.8 nm. Scanning electron microscopic studies showed that the material was composed of a large number of agglomerated spherical particles having grain size of 92 nm. Thermogravimetric analysis suggested that the structural phase transition was seen above 800 °C. The spectroscopic investigations were carried out using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR）. UV-VIS-NIR ab-sorption spectrophotometer showed various transitions from the ground state 4I9/2 to various excited states within the 4f shell and the optical band gap came out to be 3.3 eV. The dielectric constant （ε′）, dielectric loss （tanδ） and ac conductivity ln（σac） were measured in the frequency range of 5 kHz to 1 MHz and in the temperature range of 40 to 500 °C. The dielectric measurement suggested that there was a shift in the value of transition temperature （Tc）, thereby indicating relaxor behaviour of the material. The activation energy value decreased with increase in frequency, thereby suggesting the role of mixed ionic-polaronic conduc-tivity.