Fabrication of YSZ-Carbon Felt Composite Materials by Spark Plasma Sintering Process

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Dual-phase membrane composed of oxide ion conductor and electron conductor was fabricated for application to oxygen separation membranes. 8 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (8YSZ) and carbon felt were used for the oxide ion conducting phase and the electron conductiing phase, respectively. Carbon felt was impregnated with YSZ aqueous suspension (40 wt%), dried, then sintered by a spark plasma sintering (SPS) process under the applied pressure of 80 MPa at 1200, 1400 and 1600 ° C for 10 min. When sintered at 1600 ° C, the XRD pattern showed small peaks indicating the formation of the zirconium carbide phase, but the microstructure observed by SEM showed that the YSZ was well densified and tightly bonded with carbon felt. This method has been demonstrated to be an effective process for the fabrication of YSZ-Carbon composites with both phases percolation structure.

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