Electrical conductivity and microstructure of NiO-CGO composites prepared by one-step synthesis
| Author | Nascimento, Rubens Maribondo do; Macedo, Daniel Araújo de; Figueiredo, Filipe Miguel Lebre; Patrício, Sónia Gonçalves; Martinelli, Antonio Eduardo; Paskocimas, Carlos Alberto; Marques, Fernando Manuel Bico | |
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| Publisher | IOP Publishing | |
| Date | 2013-04-01 | |
| Keywords | propriedades elétricas condutividade elétrica microscopia eletrônica de varredura | |
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| Abstract | The correlation between the microstructure and electrical properties of NiO-Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 (NiO-CGO) composites prepared by a one-step synthesis method is reported in the present work, and compared to conventional samples synthesized by mechanically mixing commercial powders. Samples sintered between 1350 and 1450 °C had their microstructures and electrical properties investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and impedance spectroscopy. The total electrical conductivity in the range of 100 – 500 °C of one-step composites is more than one order of magnitude higher than for conventional material. This result is associated to the presence of a network of well-connected and homogeneously distributed NiO grains shown by SEM for the one-step composite, which is responsible for its improved percolative behavior and lower activation energy (0.24 eV at 250 – 650 °C). | |
| Abstract | The correlation between the microstructure and electrical properties of NiO-Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 (NiO-CGO) composites prepared by a one-step synthesis method is reported in the present work, and compared to conventional samples synthesized by mechanically mixing commercial powders. Samples sintered between 1350 and 1450 °C had their microstructures and electrical properties investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and impedance spectroscopy. The total electrical conductivity in the range of 100 – 500 °C of one-step composites is more than one order of magnitude higher than for conventional material. This result is associated to the presence of a network of well-connected and homogeneously distributed NiO grains shown by SEM for the one-step composite, which is responsible for its improved percolative behavior and lower activation energy (0.24 eV at 250 – 650 °C). | |
| URI | https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/45734 | |
| Collections | CT - DEMAT - Artigos publicados em periódicos |
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