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Stability and structure changes of Na-titanate nanotubes at high temperature and high pressure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Huifang Xu ,
Chenxiang Li ,
Duanwei He  and
Yingbing Jinag
Huifang Xu*
Affiliation:
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Chenxiang Li
Affiliation:
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Duanwei He
Affiliation:
LANSCE, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Yingbing Jinag
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
*
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Stability of Na-titanate-based nanotubes at high temperature and pressure is investigated using X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXRD). Our results show that the nanotubes can be stable at ~400 °C. Higher temperature annealing of nanotubes result in opening and flattening of the nanotubes, and subsequent structural transformation to Na2Ti6O13-based structure via an intermediate phase with Na0.23TiO2-like structure. In situ EDXRD using diamond anvil cell indicates that the nanotubes collapse at about 15 GPa, and are finally transformed into an amorphous phase at about 30 GPa. The nanotubes kept in an amorphous state were further compressed to 50 GPa according to our in situ EDXRD observation. Titanate nanotubes are mechanically stronger than carbon nanotubes under static compression.

Keywords

Na-titanateX-ray diffractionenergy-dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXRD)
Type
Technical Articles
Information
Powder Diffraction , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 2014 , pp. 147 - 150
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 2014 

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