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- Thursday, January 27, 2005
- THERMODYNAMIC CORRELATIONS AND BAND GAP CALCULATIONS IN METAL OXIDES
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Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 32 (2004/5), 207-217.
J. Portier, H. S. HILAL*, I. SAADEDDIN, S.J. HWANG and G. Campet
Abstract
Thermodynamic parameters and energy-band gap of a given metal oxide, are suitable measures of its stability. For this reason, direct correlations between energy-band gap or chemical hardness, and thermodynamic parameters (e.g. standard enthalpy of formation) have been constructed for different metal oxides. Furthermore, a simple relationship to calculate values of energy-band gaps, for metal oxides, from values of their enthalpies of formation, is presented here. When tested, an appreciable number of metal oxides from s- , p- and d-blocks well obeyed the relationship, while a number of metal oxides deviated. A qualitative theoretical account for such different behaviors is presented here.
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