Ionic Conductivity Increased by Two Orders of Magnitude in Micrometer-Thick Vertical Yttria-Stabilized ZrO2 Nanocomposite Films

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7362-7369

  Lee, Shinbuhm ^a   Zhang, Wenrui ^b   Khatkhatay, Fauzia ^b   Wang, Haiyan ^b   Jia, Quanxi ^c   Macmanus Driscoll, Judith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion conductivity; nanocomposite; samarium doped CeO2; yttria stabilized ZrO2

Indexed keywords

IONIC CONDUCTION; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; LATTICE MISMATCH; MICROMETERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

DOPED CEO; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; ION CONDUCTIVITIES; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUT-OF-PLANE DIRECTION; YTTRIA-STABILIZED;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84946925946     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02726     Document Type: Article

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