Grain boundary scavenging through reactive sintering of strontium and iron in samarium doped ceria electrolyte for ITSOFC applications
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Abstract Lowering the operational temperature of ceria based electrolytes is important for commercialization of solid oxide fuel cells. Here, we report the effect of iron, strontium and iron/strontium co-addition in samarium (20 mol %) doped ceria (SDC) with respect to sintering, microstructural modifications and ionic conductivity. The nanoparticle synthesized through glycine-nitrate combustion method was sintered at 1000, 1200 and 1300 °C. An increase in density was observed in iron doped SDC due to viscous flow sintering while co-addition of strontium and iron lead to the reactive sintering at 1300 °C by forming a eutectic liquid phase which resulted in the density of 99%. The presence of iron and strontium generated a compensatory tensile strain in the lattice and an enhancement in oxygen vacancy concentration which resulted in higher ionic conductivity. Co-addition of strontium and iron in SDC, not only increases the density but also reduces the activation energy for grain boundary conductivity.
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OpenAlex topics: Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells · Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides · Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
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