Paper Title:

A Study on Co and Cu Oxides as Sintering Aids for Sm0.2Ce0.8O1.9 Electrolyte

Periodical Materials Science Forum (Volumes 539 - 543)
Main Theme THERMEC 2006
Edited by T. Chandra, K. Tsuzaki, M. Militzer , C. Ravindran
Pages 1391-1396
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.539-543.1391
Citation Xin Ge Zhang et al., 2007, Materials Science Forum, 539-543, 1391
Online since March, 2007
Authors Xin Ge Zhang, Cyrille Decès-Petit, Sing Yick, Mark Robertson, Wei Qu, Yong Song Xie, Rob Hui, Edward Styles, Justin Roller, Olivera Kesler, Radenka Maric, Dave Ghosh
Keywords Cobalt, Copper (Cu), SDC Electrolyte, Sintering Aid, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)
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Abstract

In this study, an addition of Co and Cu oxides to Sm0.2Ce0.8O1.9 (SDC) was studied to improve the SDC sinterability. It has been found that both Co and Cu oxide are very effective as sintering aids, and the SDC sintering temperature can be reduced from 1400°C without aids to below 1000°C with only 1at.% of either Cu or Co. As compared to the pure SDC, a slight decrease of ionic conductivity was observed in SDC with Cu sintering aid. There is no obvious effect on electrochemical property of SDC with Co sintering aid under 2.5at.%.