Point defects in oxides: Tailoring materials through defect engineering

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2011, Pages 369-398

  Tuller, Harry L ^a   Bishop, Sean R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerium oxide; Chemomechanics; Defect chemistry; Impedance spectroscopy; Solid oxide fuel cell; TlBr

Indexed keywords

CERIUM OXIDES; CHEMOMECHANICS; DEFECT CHEMISTRY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TLBR;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DEFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POINT DEFECTS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STRAIN;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 79960138352     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-062910-100442     Document Type: Article

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