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Electrical properties of gadolinia-doped ceria thin films deposited by sputtering in view of SOFC application

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Gadolinia-doped ceria (GDC) remains, up to now, the most promising candidate for replacing yttria-stabilised zirconia (YSZ) as electrolyte for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) operating at intermediate temperature. Literature data point out that GDC could be used as electrolyte, anode material, or interlayers for avoiding the chemical interactions occurring at the interfaces. In the present work, GDC thin layers were produced by d.c. reactive magnetron sputtering and deposited over a thickness domain between 450 nm and 5.5 µm. According to our knowledge, the deposition of GDC sputtered layers has never been reported. The physicochemical features of these thin films have been characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Impedance measurements have been carried out in order to determine the electrical properties of electrolyte thin films and in particular their ionic conductivity.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Electrochimie et de Chimie Analytique—UMR 7575, CNRS-ENSCP, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, cedex 05, 75231 , Paris, France

    E. Gourba, A. Ringuedé & M. Cassir

  2. Laboratoire de Science et Génie des Surfaces—UMR 7570, Ecole des Mines, Parc de Saurupt, 54042, Nancy, France

    P. Briois & A. Billard

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Presented at the OSSEP Workshop “Ionic and Mixed Conductors: Methods and Processes”, Aveiro, Portugal, 10–12 April 2003

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Gourba, E., Briois, P., Ringuedé, A. et al. Electrical properties of gadolinia-doped ceria thin films deposited by sputtering in view of SOFC application. J Solid State Electrochem 8, 633–637 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-004-0503-3

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