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Glycine–nitrate combustion engineering of neodymium cobaltite nanocrystals

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NdCoO3 nanocrystals formed via glycine–nitrate combustion method followed by heat treatment has been systematically studied. Formation of NdCoO3 nanocrystals with minimal size of 7–10 nm from X-ray amorphous combustion products has been elucidated to be a very rapid process, occurring at the temperature of 550–600 °C for 5–30 min. The comparison of the minimum sizes of NdCoO3 crystallites obtained from the offered empirical relation dmin = ℓunit cell·N (where N is 7–12 and ℓunit cell is elementary cell parameter) and the data determined on the basis of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed good correlation. The existence of special nanoporous microstructure and spatial limitations prevent NdCoO3 particle growth. The kinetic equation based on Avrami–Erofeev nucleation model was offered to be correlated well with experimental data of fractional conversion (α) versus isothermal time (τ). The apparent activation energy (Ea = (338 ± 32) kJ) of formation of NdCoO3 nanocrystals from X-ray amorphous combustion products obtained in excess of oxidant followed by heat treatment at 550–600 °C was determined.

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Tugova, E.A., Karpov, O.N. Glycine–nitrate combustion engineering of neodymium cobaltite nanocrystals. Rare Met. 40, 1778–1784 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-020-01544-9

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