Journal
SOLID STATE IONICS
Volume 180, Issue 4-5, Pages 297-301Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2009.02.031
Keywords
Nanostructure; YFSZ; Protonic conduction
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Funding
- MIUR-FISR project of the Italian CNR
- Fondazione Cariplo
- (US) National Science Foundation
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We investigated the conductivity of samples of bulk nanometric cubic yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ 8%) with a grain size of about 16 nm and a relative density above 98%. In an oxygen atmosphere the material showed a large grain boundary resistivity. However, when exposed to a moist atmosphere at temperatures below 150 degrees C it showed a high conductivity, several orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding extrapolated ionic conductivity. A fairly high conductivity was measured even at room temperature. The conductivity was strongly dependent on the water partial pressure and showed a distinct isotopic effect, suggesting a protonic conductivity mechanism. This effect was not observed in samples with grain size above 50 nm, suggesting the possibility that nanostructure can induce drastic modification in the conduction mechanism of ceramic electrolytes. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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