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Title: Understanding the effects of fabrication process on BaZr 0.9 Y 0.1 O 3− δ grain-boundary chemistry using atom probe tomography

Journal Article · · Journal of Materials Chemistry C
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC04093J· OSTI ID:1963118
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  1. Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, USA, Department of Chemistry, Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  2. Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, USA
  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, USA
  4. Foundry10, 4545 Roosevelt Way, Suite #500, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
  5. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA

We investigate how four different processing routes influence the grain boundary chemistry of the proton-conducting oxide BaZr 0.9 Y 0.1 O 3− δ (BZY10) via atom probe tomography (APT). Differing processing routes can cause large variations in GB chemistry.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1963118
Journal Information:
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry C Vol. 11 Journal Issue: 15; ISSN 2050-7526
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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