Study on local structure around Ce and Gd atoms in CeO2-Gd2O3 binary system

X-ray absorption spectra near Ce and Gd K-edges of binary oxide of CexGd1-x O(3+x)/2 (0 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 0.5) in C-type st ructure solid solution were measured by use of the beamline BL01B1 at SPrin g-8. Interatomic distances between rare-earth and oxygen atoms, RGd-O and R Ce-O, were evaluated with the extended x-ray absorption fine structure anal ysis and found to increase with x. RGd-O was larger than RCe-O by about 0.1 Angstrom. Metal-oxygen distances estimated as their linear combinations, x R(Ce-O) + (1-x) RGd-O, well agreed with those determined by X-ray diffracti on.