La and Ca co-doped ceria-based electrolyte materials for IT-SOFCs

Yifeng Zheng, Yueming Shi, Haitao Gu, Ling Gao, Han Chen, Lucun Guo

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Abstract

Co-doped ceria-based electrolytes of Ce1-xLax-yCayO2-δ, wherein x = 0.15 and 0.20, 0 ≤ y ≤ x, were sintered from powders obtained by solid state reaction method. The phase identification, thermal expansion and ionic conductivities of samples were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), dilatometry and AC impedance spectroscopy (IS). Results showed that the samples of co-doping with La and Ca can significantly increase the ionic conductivity and lower activation energies compared with those of the singly doped ones in the temperature range of 500-800 °C. The ionic conductivities of co-doping samples decrease with Ca content. Although both systems reached the optimum ionic conductivity at y = 0.05, Ce0.85La0.15-yCayO2-δ exhibits better electrical performance. The results also showed that all the synthesized samples were fluorite-type ceria-based solid solutions. The thermal expansion was linear for all the samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1717-1721
Number of pages5
JournalMaterials Research Bulletin
Volume44
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Aug 2009

Keywords

  • A. Ceramics
  • C. Impedance spectroscopy
  • D. Ionic conductivity
  • D. Thermal expansion

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