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Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline (Zr0.84Y0.16)O1.92–(Ce0.85Sm0.15)O1.925 heterophase thin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2006

Aniruddha Kulkarni ,
Alexander Bourandas ,
Junhang Dong ,
Paul A. Fuierer  and
Hai Xiao
Aniruddha Kulkarni
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Alexander Bourandas
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Junhang Dong*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Paul A. Fuierer
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Hai Xiao
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: jhdong@nmt.edu
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Abstract

A new type of nanocrystalline samarium-doped-ceria/yttrium-stabilized-zirconia (SDC/YSZ) heterophase thin film electrolytes was synthesized on MgO and Si substrates by spin coating and thermal treatment of SDC-nanoparticle-incorporated polymeric precursors. In the heterophase films, SDC nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed in a nanocrystalline YSZ matrix. The heterophase structure was stable when fired in air at temperatures up to 850 °C. The nanocrystalline heterophase thin films exhibited electrical conductivities significantly higher than that of the phase-pure YSZ and SDC nanocrystalline thin films at reduced temperatures. The effects of SDC grain size and volume fraction on the electrical conductivity of the heterophase films were also studied.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 500 - 504
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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