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Chemical Stability and Electrical Conductivity of Ba0.8Ce0.85-xZrxTb0.15O3-delta Proton Conductors with ZnO as Sintering Aid

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Title Chemical Stability and Electrical Conductivity of Ba0.8Ce0.85-xZrxTb0.15O3-delta Proton Conductors with ZnO as Sintering Aid
 
Creator Islam, Quazi Arif
Nag, Sourav
Basu, Rajendra Nath
 
Subject Electronics
 
Description The chemical stability of Ba0.8Ce0.85-xZrxTb0.15O3-delta (0.1 <= x <= 0.5) has been studied in dry 5% H-2/Ar, wet 5% H-2/Ar and dry CO2 atmosphere at higher temperature. These materials are promising candidates for mixed ionic electronic conductor based H-2 separation membr ane. The materials are prepared by combustion synthesis technique successively followed by calcination at 1100 degrees C and sintering at 1550 degrees C in air. The stabilization mechanism of sintered specimens in various atmospheres is explained with respect to the combined effect of zirconium oxide and zinc oxide as stabilizing agent and sintering aid respectively. Zr4+ introduction into Ce4+ site of doped bar ium cerate perovskite enhances the chemical stability of these materials, particularly for the composition with x>0.3. The stable sintered material is obtained with total electrical conductivity of 0.0189 S.cm(-1) for the composition Ba0.8Ce0.35Zr0.5Tb0.15O3-delta in moist reducing atmosphere at 900 degrees C. So, in the present work, we report a composition which shows excellent stability in pure CO2 atmosphere at high temperature without much compromising its ionic conductivity.
 
Publisher Indian Ceramic Society
 
Date 2016-01
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Islam, Quazi Arif and Nag, Sourav and Basu, Rajendra Nath (2016) Chemical Stability and Electrical Conductivity of Ba0.8Ce0.85-xZrxTb0.15O3-delta Proton Conductors with ZnO as Sintering Aid. Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, 75 (1). pp. 25-32. ISSN 0371-750X
 
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