High-temperature electrical conductivity measurements on nanostructured yttria-doped ceria thin films in ozone

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 312-317

  Abazari, Maryam ^a   Tsuchiya, Masaru ^a   Ramanathan, Shriram ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPED-CERIA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; FILM SURFACES; GALVANOSTATIC MEASUREMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANO-STRUCTURED; RESISTANCE CHANGE; YTTRIA-DOPED CERIA;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; OZONE; ULTRATHIN FILMS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

OZONE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84855370143     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04786.x     Document Type: Article

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