Phonon anharmonicity of monoclinic zirconia and yttrium-stabilized zirconia
Abstract
Inelastic neutron scattering measurements on monoclinic zirconia (ZrO_2) and 8 mol% yttrium-stabilized zirconia were performed at temperatures from 300 to 1373wK. Temperature-dependent phonon densities of states (DOS) are reported, as are Raman spectra obtained at elevated temperatures. First-principles lattice dynamics calculations with density functional theory gave total and partial phonon DOS curves and mode Grüneisen parameters. These mode Grüneisen parameters were used to predict the experimental temperature dependence of the phonon DOS with partial success. However, substantial anharmonicity was found at elevated temperatures, especially for phonon modes dominated by the motions of oxygen atoms. Yttrium-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) was somewhat more anharmonic and had a broader phonon spectrum at low temperatures, owing in part to defects in its structure. YSZ also has a larger vibrational entropy than monoclinic zirconia.
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© 2015 American Physical Society. Received 28 April 2014; revised manuscript received 12 January 2015; published 13 April 2015. We thank G.R. Rossman for his generous help on the Raman measurements. This work was supported by the Department of Energy Office of Science Grant No. DE-FG02-03ER46055. The research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, DOE.Attached Files
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