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Proton-Conducting Ceramics Based on Barium Hafnate and Cerate Doped with Zirconium, Yttrium, and Ytterbium Oxides for Fuel Cell Electrolytes

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Nanopowders of the compositions BaHf1 – xYbxO3 – δ (x = 0.04, 0.08, 0.10) and BaCe0.9 – xZrxY0.1O3 – δ (x = 0, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8) were synthesized by the combined crystallization of nitric acid salts and the citrate-nitrate method. Those nanopowders were used to produce ceramic materials with a cubic crystal structure of the perovskite type, with a grain size of ~20–70 nm. The study of electrophysical properties revealed that they have a proton type of conductivity in the temperature range of 500–700°C; σ = 10–2–10–5 S/cm. The type and mechanism of electrical conductivity of ceramics of the composition BaHf1 – xYbxO3 – δ (x = 0.04, 0.08, 0.10) were studied both experimentally and using theoretical calculations by computer modeling using the electron density functional method; the results are in good agreement. The research shows the prospects of using the obtained ceramic materials as proton-conducting electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells.

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This work was carried out within the framework of the State Assignment of the Institute of Silicate Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (topic no. AAAA-A19-119022290091-8).

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    M. V. Kalinina, T. L. Simonenko, M. Yu. Arsentiev, N. Yu. Fedorenko, P. A. Tikhonov & O. A. Shilova

  2. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IGIC RAS), 119991, Moscow, Russia

    M. V. Kalinina & T. L. Simonenko

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Kalinina, M.V., Simonenko, T.L., Arsentiev, M.Y. et al. Proton-Conducting Ceramics Based on Barium Hafnate and Cerate Doped with Zirconium, Yttrium, and Ytterbium Oxides for Fuel Cell Electrolytes. Inorg. Mater. Appl. Res. 12, 1265–1270 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075113321050154

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