Annealing-induced lattice recovery in room-temperature xenon irradiated CeO2: X-ray diffraction and electron energy loss spectroscopy experiments

Janne Pakarinen, Lingfeng He, Abdel-Rahman Hassan, Yongqiang Wang, Mahima Gupta, Anter El-Azab, Todd Allen

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    Abstract

    A systematic study on irradiation induced lattice expansion and subsequent lattice relaxation by post-irradiation annealing was reported. The XRD observations were accompanied by electron-energy loss spectroscopy experiments in TEM. It was concluded that the lattice relaxation upon annealing is likely due annihilation of O vacancies but also due to annihilation of irradiation damage.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1555-1562
    JournalJournal of Materials Research
    Volume30
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 14 May 2015

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