Electron Microscopical Investigation of Interdiffusion and Phase Formation at Gd2O3/CeO2- and Sm2O3/CeO2-Interfaces (MatWerk) - Softcover

Rockenhäuser, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3658087927 ISBN 13: 9783658087920

Publisher: Springer, 2015

Synopsis

Christian Rockenhäuser adresses phase formation and cation interdiffusion of the GdxCe1-xO2-x/2-and SmxCe1-xO2-x/2-material systems at temperatures ranging from 970 to 1270°C. Diffusion couples with CeO2/Sm2O3 and CeO2/Gd2O3 interfaces were fabricated for the investigations. The resulting reaction phases were investigated utilizing transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and allow conclusions regarding the phase diagrams in the examined temperature range. A miscibility gap can be ruled out for GdxCe1-xO2-x/2 across the whole composition range. Cation interdiffusion coefficients were determined for both material systems by measuring and evaluating concentration profiles at the material interfaces. The activation enthalpies for interdiffusion were calculated using the temperature dependence of the interdiffusion coefficients. The study for the first time compiles comprehensively the previous results regarding the phase diagrams of the two material systems since 1923.

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Christian Rockenhäuser studied Physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Heriot-Watt University (UK). He investigated solid electrolytes at the Laboratory for Electron Microscopy (KIT) and then joined the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658087927
• ISBN 13: 9783658087920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126