Study of Charge Density and Crystal Structure of co-doped LaCrO3 System

The co-doped lanthanum chromite system of (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.81Co0.1Cu0.09)O3 sample has been prepared by high temperature solid state reaction technique. The synthesized sample has been characterized for structural, optical, morphological and magnetic properties by powder XRD, UV-vis, SEM/EDS and VSM. Structural analysis revealed that the prepared sample has orthorhombic structure with space group of Pnma. The bonding between the atoms has been analyzed using maximum entropy method (MEM). The bond lengths and mid bond electron densities have been estimated from the 1D electron density profiles. From the optical absorption spectra, the energy band gap of the sample has been calculated as 2.035 eV. From the SEM image, the average particle size of the synthesized sample is 235nm. EDS spectrum of the synthesized sample confirms its purity. Room temperature M-H curves obtained from VSM measurements exhibit predominant antiferromagnetic ordering of the prepared sample. The co-doped LaCrO3 compounds have been primarily used as cathode as well as inter-connector coating materials in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC).