Testing the chemical/structural stability of proton conducting perovskite ceramic membranes by in Situ/ex Situ autoclave raman microscopy

Membranes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 311-330

  Slodczyk, Aneta ^a   Zaafrani, Oumaya ^a   Sharp, Matthew D ^b   Kilner, John A ^b   Dabrowski, Bogdan ^c   Lacroix, Olivier ^d   Colomban, Philippe ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Autoclave; Ceramic; In situ; IR; Perovskite; Proton conductor; Raman; TGA

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLYTES; IRIDIUM; PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE VESSELS; SAPPHIRE; SURFACE REACTIONS; YTTERBIUM;

CERAMIC; ELECTRODE COMPONENTS; ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; PROTON CONDUCTORS; RAMAN; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; TGA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84886701809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes3040311     Document Type: Article

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