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Effect of indium doping on thermal stability and dielectric property in sodium beta alumina solid electrolyte

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We report the effect of indium doping on thermal stability and ionic conductivity of beta alumina NaInxAl11-xO17 solid electrolyte which is synthesized by sol–gel auto combustion method on varying dopant concentration as x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4. X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and microstructure are investigated on the doped samples calcined at 1100 °C for 5 h. XRD confirms the change in unit cell volume on increasing the dopant concentration. Field emission scanning microscope (FESEM) reveals the conversion of cylindrical morphology to small spherical particles at dopant concentration x ≥ 0.5. Thermal stability is found to improve drastically over a broad temperature range even at small dopant concentrations in β-alumina as found from thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) shows a considerable reduction in frequency-dependent dielectric permittivity for doped beta alumina. At frequency 1 kHz, the permittivity of around ~ 105 in as-prepared shows non-monotonous dependence and decreases to 103 for x ≥ 0.1. This steep variation is mainly attributed to the change in morphology caused by steric effect and formation of random clusters which reduces the net polarization.

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We are highly thankful to the Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) of Lovely Professional University to provide the XRD, FESEM, TGA, and Electrochemical Workstation.

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    Owais Amin & Rupam Mukherjee

  2. Department of Physics, Amity School of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Rajarhat Newton, Kolkata, 700135, India

    Partha Sona Maji

  3. Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, 603203, India

    Subhojyoti Sinha

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Amin, O., Sinha, S., Maji, P.S. et al. Effect of indium doping on thermal stability and dielectric property in sodium beta alumina solid electrolyte. J Solid State Electrochem 27, 2387–2394 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05523-9

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