Microstructural evolution in a CeO 2-Gd 2O 3 system

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-170

  Ye, Fei ^a   Ou, Ding Rong ^b   Mori, Toshiyuki ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cluster; microstructure; ordering; oxygen vacancy; solid oxide fuel cell; transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856020565     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927611012396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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