In this study, the effects of calcination and milling of 8YSZ (8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia) used in the nickel-YSZ anode on the performance of anode supported tubular fuel cells were investigated. For this purpose, two different types of cells were prepared based on a Ni-YSZ/YSZ/Nd2NiO4+δ-YSZ configuration. For the anode preparation, a suspension was prepared by mixing NiO and YSZ in a ra...

In recent years, 3 mol% yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (3Y-TZP) doped with copper oxide has obtained increasing interest due to its enhanced superplasticity and good potential in tribological applications. In this work, the effect of addition of small amounts (0.8 mol%) of CuO on the sintering behaviour of 3Y-TZP was studied using a dilatometer and high temperature X-ray dif...

A series of 0-3 metal oxide-polyolefin nanocomposites are synthesized via in situ olefin polymerization, using the following single-site metallocene catalysts:C2-symmetric dichloro[rac-ethylenebisindenyl]zirconium(IV),Me2Si( BuN)(η-C5Me4)TiCl2, and (η -C5Me5)TiCl3 immobilized onmethylaluminoxane (MAO)-treated BaTiO3, ZrO2, 3-mol%-yttria-stabilized zirconia, 8-mol%-yttria-stabilized zirconia, sp...

The change in conductivity of Fe and Ti implanted if-sputtered layers of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) was studied as a function of the temperature (400-800 °C) and oxygen partial pressure. In an oxidized state and in the temperature range of 400600 ° C, the conductivity of the Fe implanted YSZ film ( 15 keV, 8 × 10 '6 at.cm 2) was dominated by the n-type electronic conductivity of a thin Fe...

In dentistry, zirconia has been used since the early 1990s for endodontic posts, more recently for implant abutments and frameworks for fixed dental prostheses. Zirconia is biocompatible and mechanically strong enough to serve as implant material for oral implants. Although several zirconia implant systems are available, currently the scientific and clinical data for zirconia implants are not s...

The expansion in application of the selective laser melting (SLM) process for fabrication of new alloy materials continues. However, to date, there has been no investigation of the effect of this process on the final microstructure of ‘melt sensitive’ powder alloys such as mechanically alloyed oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) FeCrAl. In this study commercial PM2000 powder, a ferritic ODS all...

Functionally graded NiCoCrAlY/yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings were fabricated by plasma spraying using mechanically alloyed, plasma-spheroidized NiCoCrAlY/yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) composite powders. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) analysis revealed that oxidation of aluminum, chromium and yttrium in the NiCoCrAlY alloy occurred in th...

This work investigates a solution process for yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thin film deposition involving the addition of yttria nanoparticles, at 400 °C, in air. Different yttrium doping levels YSZ were studied and wide range optical, structural, surface, dielectric, electronic transport properties also investigated. An optimum level 5% mol. resulted smoothest films (R RMS ∼ 0.5 nm), bandg...

We present the ReaxFF reactive force field developed to provide a first-principles-based description of oxygen ion transport through yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) membranes. All parameters for ReaxFF were optimized to reproduce quantum mechanical (QM) calculations on relevant condensed phase and cluster systems. We validated the use of ReaxFF for fuel cell applic...

SOFC solid electrolytes are known for their ionic conductivity characteristics, which increase with increasing operating temperature. Using COMSOL Multiphysics numerical simulation, analysis of power performance yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) and lithium sodium carbonate – gadolinium-doped ceria ({LiNa}2CO3-GDC) was conducted to determine the potential these in application SOFC. The YSZ diffe...