Published November 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Milling-induced chemical decomposition of the surface of EuBaCo2O5.5 powders studied by means of soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy

  • 1. Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, 620083 Yekaterinburg (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Ural State Mining University, Yekaterinburg 620137 (Russian Federation)
  • 3. M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg 620108 (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Ural State University of Railway Transport, Yekaterinburg 620134 (Russian Federation)
  • 5. National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (Lobachevsky University), Nizhni Novgorod (Russian Federation)
  • 6. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, BESSY II, Berlin 12489 (Germany)

Description

We present results of soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies of EuBaCo2O5.5 powders subjected to mechanical impact (milling in a ball mill). We show that in the near-surface region (5–10 nm) of particles of the powder, EuBaCo2O5.5 decomposes into Co3O4, BaCO3, and EuCoO3. A knowledge of the low-spin state of Co3+ ions in EuCoO3 and Co3O4 and possibilities of surface-sensitive soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy have allowed to determine the composition of the EuBaCo2O5.5 sample subjected to mechanical impact near its surface, which is inaccessible to standard X-ray phase analysis.

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DOI
10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.07.014;
PII
S0169433219320501;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Surface Science
Journal Volume
493
Journal Page Range
p. 1048-1054
ISSN
0169-4332
CODEN
ASUSEE

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