Significant reduction in hydration energy for yttria stabilized zirconia grain boundaries and the consequences for proton conduction

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 10456-10464

  Dawson, James A ^a   Tanaka, Isao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; PROTONS; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

FUTURE ASSESSMENT; GRAIN BOUNDARY STRUCTURE; HYDRATION ENERGIES; PROTON CONDUCTION; PROTON CONDUCTORS; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; TILT GRAIN BOUNDARY; YTTRIA-STABILIZED;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 84906871691     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la501860k     Document Type: Article

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