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CeO2-Y2O3-ZrO2 Membrane with Enhanced Molten Salt Corrosion Resistance for Solid Oxide Membrane (SOM) Electrolysis Process

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Innovative CeO2-Y2O3-ZrO2 membrane has been successfully developed and used in the solid oxide membrane (SOM) electrolysis process for green metallic materials production. The x mol pct ceria/(8–x) mol pct yttria-costabilized zirconia (xCe(8–x)YSZ, x = 0, 1, 4, or 7) membranes have been fabricated and investigated as the membrane-based inert anodes to control the SOM electroreduction process in molten salt. The characteristics of these fabricated xCe(8–x)YSZ membranes including their corrosion resistances in molten salt and their degradation mechanisms have been systematically investigated and compared. The results show that the addition of ceria in the YSZ-based membrane can inhibit the depletion of yttrium during the SOM electrolysis, which thus makes the ceria-reinforced YSZ-based membranes possess enhanced corrosion resistances to molten salt. The ceria/yttria-costabilized zirconia membranes can also provide reasonable oxygen ion conductivity during electrolysis. Further investigation shows that the newly modified 4Ce4YSZ ceramic membrane has the potential to be used as novel inert SOM anode for the facile and sustainable production of metals/alloys/composites materials such as Si, Ti5Si3, TiC, and Ti5Si3/TiC from their metal oxides precursors in molten CaCl2.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51304132, 51225401, and 51574164), the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2014CB643403), the Science and Technology Commissions of Shanghai Municipality (No. 14JC1491400), and the Young Teacher Training Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission for financial support. We also thank the Instrumental Analysis and Research Center of Shanghai University for materials characterization.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Ferrometallurgy & School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200072, China

    Xingli Zou (Associate Professor), Xin Li (Master Student), Bin Shen (Master Student), Xionggang Lu (Professor), Qian Xu (Professor), Zhongfu Zhou (Professor, Lecturer) & Weizhong Ding (Professor)

  2. Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3BZ, UK

    Zhongfu Zhou (Professor, Lecturer)

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Zou, X., Li, X., Shen, B. et al. CeO2-Y2O3-ZrO2 Membrane with Enhanced Molten Salt Corrosion Resistance for Solid Oxide Membrane (SOM) Electrolysis Process. Metall Mater Trans B 48, 678–691 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-016-0834-3

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