Li2O与Bi2O3作为Y2O3掺杂锆酸钡的助烧剂的研究.docVIP

  Comparison of Lithium Oxide and Bismuth Oxide as Sintering Aids for Barium Y2O3-Doped Barium Zirconate# LE Shiru*, ZHU Xiaodong, SUN Kening* 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 (Natural Science Research Center, Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences， Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080) Abstract: Decreasing Y2O3-doped barium zirconate (BZY) sintering temperature is crucial for its implementation in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Bismuth oxide and lithium oxide as sintering aids for BZY were evaluated. It is found that 3 mol% Bi2O3 doped BZY (BZY-3Bi) improves its shrinkage from 10.4 % to 19.02 % at about 1480 ℃, with the maximum shrinkage rate increasing from -0.20 mm.min-1 to -0.34 mm.min-1. No pores could be seen in the BZY-3Bi and BZY-5Bi in the SEM images when the samples were sintered at 1400 ℃ for 24 h . However, both shrinkage tests and SEM images demonstrate that lithium oxide is detrimental for BZY as sintering aid. The conductivity of BZY-2Bi is 1.13 ×10-3 S·cm-1 in wet hydrogen atmosphere at 600 ℃ sintered at 1400 ℃ for 24 h, nearly equal to that of BZY-0Bi. Keywords: Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Yttria-doped barium zirconate; Bismuth Oxide; Lithium Oxide; Sintering Aids 0 Introduction Y2O3 doped BaZrO3 (BZY) are an important class of proton conductors due to their high protonic conductivity[1] and high chemical stability in SOFC operating atmospheres[2].The refractory nature of BZY leads to significant challenges to its implementation in fuel cells and other devices is that it needs high sintering temperature (typically 1700-1800 ℃) and long sintering time (24 h)[3-5]. Not only are these conditions energy consuming, but that they are incompatible with most potential electrode materials and thereby preclude the fabrication of co-sintered structures[1]. Most of the transition metal oxides are effective sintering aids for perovskite-type protonic conductors. For example, BaZr0.85Y0.15O3-δ, modified with 4 mol% ZnO, achieves full density at a