Ethylene oxide (EO) is industrially produced by epoxidation of ethylene on Ag-based heterogeneous catalysts. Electrophilic oxygen species are assumed to be active key in the EO production. This study explores possibility electrochemically these a solid electrochemical cell. Two series Ag based cermet electrodes were prepared either with Yttria Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ), pure ionic conductor, or...

Degradation of yttria-stabilized zirconia dental implants abutments due to the tetragonal to monoclinic phase transformation was studied in detail by microstructural characterization using Electron Back Scatter Diffraction (EBSD). The amount and distribution of the monoclinic phase, the grain-size distribution and crystallographic orientations between tetragonal and monoclinic crystals in 3 mol...

In this communication we elucidate a microstructural picture of proton conduction in nano-crystalline yttria-stabilized zirconia at low temperatures (Kim et al. Adv. Mater., 2008, 20, 556). Based on careful analysis of electrical impedance spectra obtained from samples with grain sizes of approximately 13 and approximately 100 nm under both wet and dry atmospheres over a wide range of temperatu...

Ceramic dental crowns composed of yttria-stabilized zirconia（YSZ）were fabricated by stereolithographic additive manufacturing（STL-AM）. The YSZ composite appeared translucent on crown surfaces. In graphic modeling, installation structures were designed to hold and mount the object with free nanoparticles dispersed in acrylic resins obtain a paste-like consistency for STL processing. An ultraviol...

A patient’s body accepting a bone implant depends not only on the biomaterial used, but also its surface, which allows it to properly interact with cells. Therefore, research has focused improving bioactive and tribological properties of titanium alloys. Commercially pure (cp-Ti) is widely used as biomedical material. However, characterized by unsuitable properties. In this work, yttria-stabili...

We report a detailed study of the grain orientations and grain boundary (GB) networks in Y2O3 films grown on Ni-5 at.%W substrates. Electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD) exhibited different GB misorientation angle distributions, strongly decided by Y2O3 films with different textures. The subsequent yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) barrier and CeO2 cap layer were deposited on Y2O3 layers by r...

Microstructures of yttria stabilized zirconia thin fi lms deposited by aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition (AA-CVD) are correlated with the thermal decomposition behavior of the corresponding metal precursors, zirconium and yttrium 2,4-pentanedionate. Process conditions of AA-CVD are investigated with the aim of producing dense and compact YSZ thin fi lms for applications as gas-tight el...

Using Sm-doped Ceria electrolytes (SDC) in SOFCs (solid oxide fuel cell), the open circuit voltage (OCV) becomes lower than the Nernst voltage (Vth), which is obtained using Yttria-stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) electrolytes. Classically, OCV is calculated with Wagner’s equation. However, experimental verification of leakage currents using SDC electrolytes is necessary, both qualitatively and quanti...

An amperometric sensor based on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) and an oxidebased sensing electrode (SE) was examined for the detection of propene. Among the various oxide-based SEs tested, ZnO (+8.5 wt.% Pt) was found to give good sensitivity and selectivity to C3H6 at 600°C. A novel measuring method named “pulsed-potential method” was adopted here to obtain improved sensing characteristics. ...