Analysis of ceramic layer for solid oxide fuel cells by LA-ICP-MS
- Zentralabteilung fuer Chemische Analysen, Juelich (Germany)
- Universitaet Dortmund (Germany)
Among the different analytical techniques, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is well established as a solid-state mass spectrometric method for the trace analysis of conducting and nonconducting material. Furthermore, LA-ICP-MS enables ceramic layers with thickness > few {mu}m and a lateral resolution of >10 {mu}m to be analyzed. In this paper, trace analysis on the ceramic layers of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) (e.g., La{sub y{center_dot}x}Sr{sub x}MnO{sub 3}, yttrium-stabilized ZrO{sub 2}) is described. Due to a lack of standard reference materials for the analysis of perovskites, the quantification of analytical results can be facilitated by the use of prepared synthetic standards. The synthetic standard samples were prepared by mixing powdered inorganic compounds of ultra-high-purity (e.g., preparation of a stoichiometric mixture of high-purity La{sub 2}(CO{sub 3}){sub 3}, SrCO{sub 3} and MnO{sub 2} mixed with ultrapure graphite as binder). In order to determine the relative sensitivity coefficients (RSC) or calibration curves elemental spikes (high-purity compounds of 30 elements in the concentration range of 50-2000 ppm) were added to these mixtures. The use of UV laser (frequency-quadrupled Nd:YAG laser) improved the laser ablation process in regard to better reproducibility and accuracy in comparison with an infrared system. Results of quantitative measurements of trace elements of sintered La{sub y{center_dot}x}Sr{sub x}MnO{sub 3} and yttrium-stabilized zirconia layers are presented and compared with those of other methods.
- OSTI ID:
- 273554
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960113-; TRN: 96:002920-0014
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 9. biennial Winter conference on plasma spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, FL (United States), 8-13 Jan 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 1996 Winter conference on plasma spectrochemistry; PB: 378 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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