Predicting the optimal dopant concentration in gadolinium doped ceria: A kinetic lattice Monte Carlo approach

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dholabhai, Pratik P ^a   Anwar, Shahriar ^a   Adams, James B ^a   Crozier, Peter A ^a   Sharma, Renu ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GADOLINIUM DOPED CERIA; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; KINETIC LATTICE MONTE CARLO; MOLE FRACTION; VACANCY CONCENTRATION; VACANCY DIFFUSION; VACANCY MIGRATION; VACANCY TRAPPING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYTES; GADOLINIUM; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 84255171684     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/20/1/015004     Document Type: Article

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