Characteristics of gadolinium doped cerium at different calcination temperatures for intermediate temperature SOFC
Gadolinium doped cerium (Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 or GDC10) was successfully synthesized using the solid-state method. Commercially available CeO2 and Gd2 O3 powders were used as starting materials. They were mixed in a ball mill where alumina balls were added as grinding medium with the ratio to powd...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16183/1/30.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16183/ https://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid49bil12_2020/KandunganJilid49Bil12_2020.html |
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| Summary: | Gadolinium doped cerium (Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 or GDC10) was successfully synthesized using the solid-state method.
Commercially available CeO2
and Gd2
O3
powders were used as starting materials. They were mixed in a ball mill where
alumina balls were added as grinding medium with the ratio to powders as of 1:2. The obtained powders were dried and
then calcined at temperatures of 600, 700 and 800 °C, respectively. The objective of this research was to investigate the
effects of calcination temperature on the properties of GDC10. The powders were characterized using XRF, TGA, XRD,
and PSA instruments. XRF analysis shows the presence of Ce, Gd and O elements in stoichiometric composition without
any impurities. XRD analysis showed single phase structure of CeO2
where the crystallite size and lattice parameter
increases and decreases, respectively, as the calcination temperature increases. The smallest particle size of 647.3
nm was obtained at the calcination temperature of 600 °C. The density of all GDC10 samples sintered at 1350 °C was
found to be higher than 95%. In addition, the calcination temperature also influenced the ionic conductivity where
the highest obtained value was 0.0153 S.cm-1 at 800 °C for the sample calcinaed at 600 °C. The results suggest that the
calcination temperature affected the properties of GDC10 for solid oxide fuel cell application. |
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