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Synthesis of nanocrystalline Ni/Ce-YSZ powder via a polymerization route

Abolghasemi, Z ; Sharif University of Technology | 2013

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.2478/s13536-013-0113-9
  3. Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wroclawskiej , 2013
  4. Abstract:
  5. Pechini process was used for preparation of three kinds of nanocrystalline powders of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ): doped with 1.5 mol% nickel oxide, doped with 15 mol% ceria, and doped with 1.5 mol% nickel oxide plus 15 mol% ceria. Zirconium chloride, yttrium nitrate, cerium nitrate, nickel nitrate, citric acid and ethylene glycol were polymerized at 80 °C to produce a gel. XRD, SEM and TEM analyses were used to investigate the crystalline phases and microstructures of obtained compounds. The results of XRD revealed the formation of nanocrystalline powder at 900 °C. Morphology of the powder calcined at 900 °C, examined with a scanning electron microscope, showed that the presence of nickel and cerium inhibited the grain growth in the system. The average crystallite size of the material doped with nickel oxide (9.33 nm) was bigger than the one doped with cerium oxide (9.29 nm), while the YSZ doping with the two oxides simultaneously promoted the grain growth with crystallite size of 11.37 nm. Yttria-stabilized zirconia powder with a mean crystallite size of 9.997 nm was prepared successfully by this method
  6. Keywords:
  7. Dopant ; Nanocrystalline Ni/Ce-YSZ powder ; Cerium ; Cerium compounds ; Chlorine compounds ; Crystallite size ; Doping (additives) ; Ethylene glycol ; Grain growth ; Nanocrystalline powders ; Nickel ; Nitrates ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Yttrium alloys ; Zirconia ; Cerium nitrate ; Crystalline phasis ; Nanocrystalline Ni ; Pechini method ; Pechini process ; Polymerization routes ; Yttria-stabilized zirconias (YSZ) ; Zirconium chlorides ; Yttria stabilized zirconia
  8. Source: Materials Science- Poland ; Volume 31, Issue 3 , 2013 , Pages 343-349 ; 01371339 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.2478%2Fs13536-013-0113-9#/page-1