Edge dislocation slows down oxide ion diffusion in doped CeO2 by segregation of charged defects

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sun, Lixin ^a   Marrocchelli, Dario ^a   Yildiz, Bilge ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; CERIUM OXIDE; OXYGEN;

CERIUM; DEFECT; DIFFUSION; DISLOCATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DIFFUSION; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; OXYGEN DIFFUSION;

EID: 84924022270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7294     Document Type: Article

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