Definition
Solid ionic conductors that can be used in electrochemical cells as an electrolyte are called solid electrolytes. In such compounds only one ion is mobile (see entry Solid State Electrochemistry, Electrochemistry Using Solid Electrolytes). Generally, any conductor with a high ionic transference number can serve as an electrolyte. Often, the definition after Patterson is used who described solids with a transference number > 0.99 as solid electrolytes [1]. The transference number is not a fixed value. It depends on the temperature and the partial pressure of the gas involved in the chemical reaction with the mobile ion. Therefore, all solids are more or less conductors with a mixed ionic and electronic conductivity, so-called mixed conductors. For the application in sensors and fuel cells, only a window concerning temperature and partial pressure is suitable. This is also called as electrolytic domain. The phenomenon that solids exhibit a high ionic conductivity is also...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Patterson JW (1971) Conduction domains for solid electrolytes. J Electrochem Soc 118:1033–1039
Chandra S (1981) Super ionic solids. North Holland, Amsterdam/New York/Oxford
Rickert H (1982) Electrochemistry of solids. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York
Möbius HH (2011) Inheritance, personal communication 232
Shuk P, Wiemhöfer HD, Guth U, Göpel W, Grennblatt M (1996) Oxide ion conducting solid electrolytes based on Bi2O3. Solid State Ionics 89:179–196
Kudo T, Fueki K (1990) Solid State Ionics. VCH, New York
Kudo T (1997) Survey of types of solid electrolytes. In: Gellings PJ, Bouwmeester HJM (eds) Solid state chemistry CRC handbook. CRC Press, Boca Raton/New York/London/Tokyo
Nernst W (1899) On the electrolytic conductivity of solids at very high temperatures (in German). Z Elektrochem 6:41–43
Wagner C (1943) On the mechanism of the electrical current conductivity in the Nernst glower (in German). Naturwiss 31:265–268
Möbius HH (1965) The Nernst mass, its history and present importance (in German). Naturwissen 52:529–536
Park J-H, Blumenthal RN (1989) Electronic transport in 8 mole percent Y203-Zr02. J Electrochem Soc 136:2867–2876
Inaba H, Tagawa H (1996) Ceria-based solid electrolytes. Solid State Ionics 83:1–16
Ishihara T, Matssuda H, Takita Y (1994) Doped LaGaO3 perovskite type oxide as a new oxide ionic conductor. J Am Chem Soc 116:3801–03
Kingery WD, Bowen HK, Uhlmann DR (1976) Introduction to ceramic. Wiley, New York
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this entry
Cite this entry
Guth, U. (2014). Solid Electrolytes. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_317
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_317
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-6995-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4419-6996-5
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials ScienceReference Module Physical and Materials ScienceReference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics