Effect of nano-grain size on the ionic conductivity of spark plasma sintered 8YSZ electrolyte

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 511-517

  Rajeswari, K ^a   Suresh, M Buchi ^a   Chakravarty, Dibyendu ^a   Das, Dibakar ^b   Johnson, Roy ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Electrolyte; Microstructure; Solid oxide fuel cells; Spark plasma sintering

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NANO GRAINS; NANO POWDERS; SOLID OXIDE; SPARK PLASMA; SPS SINTERING; THEORETICAL DENSITY; ULTRA-FINE GRAIN SIZE; ULTRA-FINES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 84655160871     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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