• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: X-ray diffraction and electron parametric resonance investigations on the fluorite material Y0.25Ti0.15Zr0.6O2-x
  • Contributor: Tietz, F. [Author]; Jungen, W. [Author]; Lersch, K. P. [Author]; Figaj, M. [Author]; Becker, K. D. [Author]; Skarmoutsos, D. [Author]
  • Published: American Chemical Society, 2002
  • Published in: Chemistry of materials 14, 2252 - 2257 (2002). doi:10.1021/cm011252h
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/cm011252h
  • ISSN: 0897-4756
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  • Description: The compound Y0.25Ti0.15Zr0.6O2-x, to be used as an anode material in solid oxide fuel cells, was synthesized by coprecipitation. X-ray diffraction after sintering at different temperatures revealed no single-phase material up to 1500 degreesC but indicated two fluorites with different lattice parameters. The inhomogeneity of the material arose from a cation demixing process around 1100-1200 degreesC, leading to an intermediate fraction of a pyrochlore phase. After reduction in Ar/4% H-2 at 1000 degreesC, a small decrease (about 0.1%) in the lattice parameter was observed. The electron paramagnetic resonance measurements on reduced samples showed the occurrence of Ti3+ ions in at least two sites. Possible reasons for the decrease of the lattice parameter after reduction are discussed.
  • Access State: Open Access