Prediction and evaluation of sintering aids for Cerium Gadolinium Oxide

This paper presents dilatometry results for Ce 0.9Gd 0.1O 1.95, a common intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte material, doped at the 1, 3, and 5 mol% level using nitrates. The results indicate that across all dopant nitrate levels, Cu, Co, Fe, Mn, Li, and Zn reduce the Ce 0.9Gd...

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Published in:Solid state ionics 2007-07, Vol.178 (19), p.1187-1194
Main Authors: Nicholas, Jason D., De Jonghe, Lutgard C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CeO 2
Ceria
CGO
Densification
Dopant
Electrolyte
Fuel cell
GDC
Grain boundary engineering
Heterogeneous doping
Liquid phase sintering
Low temperature
Sintering
Undersized
Vegard's Slope
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Summary:This paper presents dilatometry results for Ce 0.9Gd 0.1O 1.95, a common intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte material, doped at the 1, 3, and 5 mol% level using nitrates. The results indicate that across all dopant nitrate levels, Cu, Co, Fe, Mn, Li, and Zn reduce the Ce 0.9Gd 0.1O 1.95 sintering temperature, while Ca, Mg, and Ni have little effect, and Al and K increase the sintering temperature. These results can be interpreted in terms of a Vegard's Slope quality factor analysis which uses a dopant's charge and size to rank its propensity to heterogeneous dope the material and/or segregate to the grain boundary as a separate phase. Further, this work shows that Ce 0.9Gd 0.1O 1.95 can be sintered to 99% density at a record-low temperature of 800 °C, using as little as 3 mol% lithium as a dopant.
ISSN:0167-2738
1872-7689
DOI:10.1016/j.ssi.2007.05.019