Modelling of electrical properties of Ni-YSZ composites

Autor: Marjan Marinšek, Stane Pejovnik, Jadran Maček
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 27:959-964
ISSN: 0955-2219
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2006.04.165
Popis: Ni-YSZ cermets with tailored microstructural characteristics are of interest in many solid-state electrochemical applications such as fuel cell electrode processes or oxygen sensors. In order to elucidate the role of microstructural parameters on overall Ni-YSZ electrical characteristics, different cermets were synthesized by the citrate–nitrate combustion route and their electrical characteristics were tested. The combustion derived samples exhibited fairly high electronic conductivity, even at a relatively low metal volume fraction of 24 vol.% of Ni. To determine the electrical conductivity behaviour of the composites in a broad range of metal content and its relation to material porosity, the general effective media approach and the sine-wave approximation were used, respectively.
Databáze: OpenAIRE