Studies on ionic conductivity of stabilized zirconia ceramics (8YSZ) densified through conventional and non-conventional sintering methodologies

Ceramics International

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3557-3564

  Rajeswari, K ^a   Suresh, M Buchi ^a   Hareesh, U S ^a   Rao, Y Srinivasa ^a   Das, Dibakar ^b   Johnson, Roy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b HCU   (India)

Author keywords

A. Sintering; C. Impedance; C. Ionic conductivity; D. Y2O3; D. ZrO2; E. Fuel cells

Indexed keywords

A. SINTERING; C. IMPEDANCE; C. IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; D. Y2O3; D. ZRO2; E. FUEL CELLS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IONIC CONDUCTION; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; STOICHIOMETRY; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIA;

YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

EID: 80053959085     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.05.151     Document Type: Article

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