Oxygen diffusion coefficients in SrZrO3 polycrystals were determined using the isotopic exchange method with 18O as oxygen tracer. Diffusion treatments were performed at between 1173 and 1473K. Oxygen diffusion profiles were established by secondary ion mass spectroscopy. Classical diffusion equations were used to fit experimental results and to determine bulk diffusion and surface exchange coefficients of oxygen in SrZrO3 polycrystalline materials. From these values, bulk diffusion and grain boundary diffusion coefficients as well as oxygen surface exchange coefficients were determined. The activation energy of oxygen diffusion in the bulk was 2.1eV, while for the diffusion in the grain boundary, 1.8eV was found. The surface exchange reaction has an activation enthalpy of 1.2eV.

Oxygen Diffusion in SrZrO3. C.Nivot, C.Legros, B.Lesage, M.Kilo, C.Argirusis: Solid State Ionics, 2009, 180[17-19], 1040-44