Effect of segregation on surface and near-surface chemistry of yttria-stabilized zirconia

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 10950-10958

  Idris, M Asri ^a,c   Bak, T ^b   Li, S ^a   Nowotny, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; EFFECT OF OXYGEN; ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; NEAR-SURFACE; OXYGEN ACTIVITY; SURFACE ENRICHMENT; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

ENERGY CONVERSION; OXYGEN; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIA;

SURFACE SEGREGATION;

EID: 84861490524     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp212133z     Document Type: Article

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