Synthesis and characterization of doped La9ASi6O 26.5 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) oxyapatite electrolyte by a water-based gel-casting route

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6862-6874

  Zhang, Lan ^a,b   He, Hong Quan ^b   Wu, Hongwei ^a   Li, Chun Zhu ^a   Jiang, San Ping ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Doped lanthanum silicate oxyapatite; Electrolyte; Solid oxide fuel cell; Water based gel casting

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ELEMENTS; APATITE-TYPE; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; COMPLEX IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; CONDUCTIVITY; CRITICAL EFFECTS; DOPED LANTHANUM SILICATE; DOPED LANTHANUM SILICATE OXYAPATITE; ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; GEL-CASTING; GRAIN BOUNDARY RESISTANCE; INTERSTITIAL OXYGEN; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OXY-APATITE; PHASE FORMATIONS; RAMAN SPECTRA; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; STRETCHING REGION; STRUCTURE PROPERTY; TEST CONDITION; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; WATER BASED; WATER-BASED GEL-CASTING; SCANNING ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFCS); SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; APATITE; BARIUM; CALCINATION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; GELS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; LANTHANUM OXIDES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; POLYMER BLENDS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATES; SINTERING; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THERMAL EXPANSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROLYTES; LANTHANUM; STRONTIUM;

LANTHANUM; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 79955691115     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.02.123     Document Type: Article

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