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Transmission electron microscopy characterizations and XPS analyses have allowed us to show the influence of the microstructure and nanochemistry on the transport properties of Y2O3-(9 mol%)-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) and Gd2O3 (10 mol%)-doped ceria (GDC). The grain boundary electrical conductivity (σgb) and oxygen diffusion coefficient (Do) of conventional YSZ ceramics increase with the grain size, while an opposite behavior was found for GDC samples. This difference was attributed to glassy precipitates present at YSZ grain boundaries. Furthermore, it was shown that kinetic demixing processes take place during cooling, at the end of sintering. This causes important changes in the cationic species distribution at interfaces and plays an important role on the transport properties of these two materials.
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Petot-Ervas, G., Petot, C., Raulot, J.M. et al. Role of the microstructure on the transport properties of Y-doped zirconia and Gd-doped ceria. Ionics 9, 195–201 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02375966
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