Atomic force microscopy and electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis was used to characterize changes in teh structure and composition of La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 (LSM) nanoparticles supported on single crystal YSZ (100) (yttria-stabilized zirconia) and SrTiO3(100) surfaces as a function of temperature and exposure to oxidizing and reducing environments. On YSZ(100), LSM particles were f...

Composite electrodes of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) with La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 (LSM), La0.8Sr0.2FeO3 (LSF), and La0.8Sr0.2CoO3 (LSCo) were prepared and tested as solid oxide electrolyzer (SOE) anodes and solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathodes at 973 K, using cells with a YSZ electrolyte and a Co-ceria-YSZ counter electrode. The LSM-YSZ electrode was activated by cathodic polarization but the enhan...

A simple and cost-effective method, starting with electrophoretic deposition (EPD) on a carbon sheet, has been developed for preparation of a iO-YSZ anode and thin, gas-tight YSZ electrolyte layer on it for use in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The innovative feature of this approach nables the deposition of anode materials as well as the YSZ electrolyte, which were subsequently co-fired in ai...

Porous composites of Sr0.88Y0.08TiO3-δ (YST) and yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) were formed by tapecasting methods and examined as potential anodes for SOFC. Even after calcination to 1773 K, the YSZ and YST crystallites remain as separate phases, as demonstrated by XRD and SEM with EDX analysis. Furthermore, it was possible to fabricate anode-supported electrolytes by calcination of a bilaye...

The properties of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) anode functional layers prepared by impregnation of 1 wt % Pd and 10 wt % ceria into porous scaffolds of either Y0.04Ce0.48Zr0.48O2 (CZY) or composites of La0.3Sr0.7TiO3 (LST) and yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) were examined to determine whether these scaffold materials would have sufficient electronic and ionic conductivity. Laminated tapes were...

An analytical equation is derived for total triple phase boundary length per unit volume (LTPB) in an isotropic uniform random microstructure of LSM/YSZ composite cathode. The equation is applicable to YSZ and LSM particles of any convex shapes and size distributions. The equation explicitly relates LTPB to the shapes, mean sizes, coefficient of variation (a measure of the spread in a size dist...

Ceramic membrane composites consisting of a coarse porous a-alumina or two-layer porous alumina membrane support and an oxygen semipermeable gas tight thin (0.2-5 pm) yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) film are prepared by the electrochemical vapor deposition (EVD) method. The minimum gastight thickness of the YSZ films depends strongly on the average pore size of the support on which the films a...

Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) was implanted with 15 keV Fe or Ti ions up to a dose of 8 x 1016 at cm -2. The resulting "dopant" concentrations exceeded the concentrations corresponding to the equilibrium solid solubility of Fe2Oa or TiO2 in YSZ. During oxidation in air at 400 ° C, the Fe and Ti concentration in the outermost surface layer increased even further until a surface layer was form...