A. Agnaou, W. Mhaira, R. Essalim, B. Tanouti, A. Ammar
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Abstract
Nano-metric δ-Bi2O3+x powders was successfully synthesized by solid-liquid reaction, at around room temperature. The resulting powders underwent comprehensive characterization using XRD, Raman, FT-IR, DTA/TG, SEM-EDS, and UV–vis techniques. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirms the existence of a cubic phase iso-structural to δ-Bi2O3. Chemical analysis shows that the obtained compound is bismuth oxide with mixed valence (trivalent and pentavalent bismuth). Heat treatment at increasing temperature in air shows that the synthesized compound is successively transformed into three crystalline forms isomorph to β- Bi2O3, α- Bi2O3 and γ- Bi2O3. The results of the DTA and TGA performed in air are in agreement with the XRD study. The synthesized powders exhibited a morphology characterized by spherical nanoparticle. UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) indicates that the δ-Bi2O3+x phase has a bandgap energy of 1.86 eV. The highest electrical conductivity is obtained at 280 °C with a value close to 4 × 10−3 S cm−1.
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