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Effect of sintering temperature on the elemental diffusion and electrical conductivity of SrTiO3/YSZ composite ceramic

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The 50 vol% SrTiO3/yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) composite ceramic was prepared through powder sintering route in 1400∼1500 °C. Only the cubic YSZ and SrTiO3 phases are detected in all the sintered ceramics, and the typical XRD peak positions of both phases have varied dramatically. The grain sizes and relative densities of all specimens increase evidently with the sintering temperature. The width of the SrTiO3/YSZ interfacial region increases from 100.4 to 468.8 nm as the sintering temperature rises from 1400 to 1500 °C. The total electrical conductivities of the sample sintered at 1500 °C are remarkably higher than those at 1400 and 1450 °C, while the ion transference numbers drop from 0.837 to 0.731 with sintering temperature from 1400 to 1500 °C. The variations in the electrical properties above can be interpreted based on the effects of sintering temperature on the elemental diffusions during the sintering process.

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We, all the authors, gratefully acknowledge the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51462018), the China Scholarship Council (No. 201508535036), and the Academic Team Research Project on Membrane and Electrode Materials of Advanced Batteries in Kunming University of Science and Technology (No. 14078311).

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    Q. Q. Yang, B. Meng, Z. L. Lin, X. K. Zhu, F. Yang & S. Wu

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Yang, Q.Q., Meng, B., Lin, Z.L. et al. Effect of sintering temperature on the elemental diffusion and electrical conductivity of SrTiO3/YSZ composite ceramic. Ionics 23, 967–975 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-016-1866-z

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