Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 196, Issue 15, Pages 6131-6137Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.03.032
Keywords
Solid oxide fuel cell; Doped ceria; Zinc oxide; Sintering aid; Grain-boundary conduction
Funding
- Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Inorganic and Composite Materials
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The effect of zinc oxide (ZnO) doping on the densification behaviours and the electrical properties of Ce(0.8)Ln(0.2)O(1.9) (Ln = Y, Sm, Gd) ceramics are examined. The addition of ZnO (1 mol%) reduces the sintering temperature by similar to 200 degrees C and improves the grain boundary behaviours significantly. Both the apparent grain boundary conductivity (sigma(app)(gb)) and the specific grain boundary conductivity (sigma(sp)(gb)) are investigated. Under the same synthetic conditions, ZnO doping leads to a larger grain size and a higher sigma(sp)(gb). The SEM and EDS results indicate that ZnO-doping can induce Si enrichment on the surfaces of samples (i.e. reducing the content of Si at grain boundaries), which may explain the improvements occurs in the grain boundary conductions. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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