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Ceramic electrolytes based on (Ba1 − x Ca x )(Zr0.9Y0.1)O3 solid solution

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The aim of this work was to study the electrical and electrochemical properties of the (Ba1 − x Ca x )(Zr0.9Y0.1)O3 solid solutions. The powders of different calcium content (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, and 1) were prepared by a thermal decomposition of organo-metallic precursors containing ethylenediaminetetraacetate acid. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that a small substitution of calcium for barium caused formation of cubic solid solutions with the decreasing cell parameters. Electrical conductivity measurements were performed by the d.c. four-probe method in controlled gas atmospheres containing Ar, air, H2, and/or H2O at temperature from 300 to 800 °C. It was found that the conductivity depended on a chemical composition of the samples and the atmosphere. Overall, the electrical conductivity was higher in wet atmospheres that contained oxygen that was in accordance with the model of a proton transport in perovskite structure which assumed the presence of the oxygen vacancies. The solid solution containing 5 mol% of calcium showed the highest conductivity and the lowest activation energy of conductivity regardless of the atmospheres; this can be attributed to the local changes in the cubic perovskite structure. Test results for CaZr0.9Y0.1O3 used as an electrolyte in solid oxide galvanic cells involving CaCr2O4 as a reference electrode are also reported.

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This work was carried out under contract no. T08D 051 280 with the Polish Ministry of Science and High Education.

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Contribution to the Fifth Baltic Conference on Electrochemistry, 30 April - 3 May 2008, Tartu, Estonia.

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Dudek, M., Bućko, M.M. Ceramic electrolytes based on (Ba1 − x Ca x )(Zr0.9Y0.1)O3 solid solution. J Solid State Electrochem 14, 565–570 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-008-0706-0

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