Solid solution enhanced electrostriction in the YSZ-GDC system

Giant electrostrictors based on oxygen deficient fluorites are of great technological and scientific interest due to their unusual electromechanical properties. It is, however, still not clear whether solid solutions between different can affect the electrostrictive In this work, we investigated response four 10 mol% gadolinium-doped ceria (GDC10) 8mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (8YSZ), corresponding 1, 5, 20 wt% 8YSZ into GDC10. An increase in electrostriction coefficient with content (maximum wt%) was registered. This effect suggests that development complex could represent a new tool develop materials superior