 Microstructure evolution of yttria-doped ceria in reducing atmosphereZhi-Peng Li, Toshiyuki Mori, Graeme John Auchterlonie, Jin Zou and John Drennan Renewable Energy, 2013, vol. 50, issue C, 494-497 Abstract: The evolution of microstructures of yttria-doped ceria (YDC) upon the heating at 500 °C in a reducing atmosphere has been characterized. Even though obvious cracks will not appear at such a low temperature, local microstructures will change in terms of superstructure formation. Electron energy-loss near-edge structure (ELNES) analysis reveals that newly appeared superstructures formation is mainly attributed to the reduction of Ce4+ to Ce3+. Furthermore, the ELNES at the oxygen K-edge illustrates that such superstructures have enhanced oxygen vacancy ordering level, compared to non-H2-treated YDC samples. This type of long-range ordered structure may act as trap/sink centers for mobile oxygen vacancies, the charge carrier of oxide ionic conductors, which is detrimental to solid oxide fuel cell performance. In the light of this study, it elucidates that microstructural evolution under an operating environment may be one possible reason for the degradation of the fuel cells. Keywords: Ceria; Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Superstructure; Solid oxide fuel cell; Transmission electron microscopy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:50:y:2013:i:c:p:494-497 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.07.019 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
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