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- Title
Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Dense Yttria-Doped Barium Zirconate Prepared by Solid-State Reactive Sintering.
- Authors
Yun, Dae Sik; Kim, Jaegyeom; Kim, Seung-Joo; Lee, Jong-Heun; Kim, Jong-Nam; Yoon, Hyung Chul; Yu, Ji Haeng; Kwak, Minseok; Yoon, Hana; Cho, Younghyun; Yoo, Chung-Yul
- Abstract
For practical utilization of proton-conducting ceramic fuel cells and electrolyzers, it is essential to lower the sintering temperature and processing time of BaZrO3-based proton conductors. We investigated the effect of sintering temperature and time on the structural and electrochemical properties of dense BaZr0.8Y0.2O3−δ (BZY) prepared by a solid-state reactive sintering process, using NiO as a sintering aid. The sintered BZY prepared from the micronized precursor powder exhibited a density higher than 93%, and an average grain size in the range of 0.6 to 1.4 μm. The orthorhombic BaY2NiO5 phase was also observed in the sintered BZY from the combined conventional and synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy showed that the total proton conductivities of BZY can be modulated by sintering temperature in a wet reducing atmosphere. The maximum total ion transport number achieved was 0.89 at 600 °C, and the maximum power density of the symmetric BZY electrolyte supported cell with Pt electrodes was 5.24 mW·cm−2 at 900 °C.
- Subjects
SINTERING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; BARIUM zirconate; SOLID state electronics; IMPEDANCE spectroscopy
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2018, Vol 11, Issue 11, p3083
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en11113083