Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-dlnhk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-29T07:25:37.628Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Impedance spectroscopy and direct current measurements of YSZ films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

T. Petrovsky ,
H. U. Anderson  and
V. Petrovsky
T. Petrovsky
Affiliation:
Electronic Materials Research Center, University Missouri-Rolla, MO 65409, USA
H. U. Anderson
Affiliation:
Electronic Materials Research Center, University Missouri-Rolla, MO 65409, USA
V. Petrovsky
Affiliation:
Electronic Materials Research Center, University Missouri-Rolla, MO 65409, USA
Get access

Abstract

In this study the electrical properties of thin films of Ysubstituted zirconia were investigated. The films were prepared using a polymer precursor technique and investigated in the temperature region 250 to 900°C. It was shown, that impedance spectroscopy (IS) and direct current (DC) conductivity measurements results are in good agreement for the films measured in plane for temperatures greater than 400°C. Due to the high resistance resulting from a planar geometry, the DC measurements were found preferable at temperatures <600°C.

Since in planar geometry the films represent a high resistance to the measurement circuit, it is important to minimize sources of electrical leakage, so different sample holders and substrates were investigated. A sapphire substrate and sample holder design using separated alumina single bore tubing for each electrode provided the lowest electrical leakage.

The experimental results showed that electrical behavior of all of the films produced at low annealing temperatures (less than 400°C) was similar regardless of Y content. These films have relatively low conductivity and an activation energy of about 1.5eV. The influence of different Y content started to appear after annealing above 600°C.

The results of the film conductivity measurements were compared with those for the bulk samples of Y stabilized zirconia prepared from 200nm powder by tape casting. These samples were measured by IS in plane and through the tape. It was shown that electrical properties of bulk and thin film material were similar.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 756: Symposia EE/FF – Solid-State Ionics – Materials for Fuel Cells and Fuel Processors , 2002 , EE4.7
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFFERENCES

1. Hsieh, G., Mason, T.O., Pederson, L.R., Solid State Ionics 91, 203 (1996).Google Scholar
2. Hwang, Jin-Ha, Kirkpatrick, K.S., Mason, T.O., Garboczi, E.J., Solid State Ionics 98, 93 (1997)Google Scholar
3. Bauerle, J.E., J. Phys. Chem. Solids 30, 2657 (1969).Google Scholar
4. Edwards, D.D., Hwang, J.-H., Ford, S.J., Mason, T.O., Solid state Ionics 99, 85 (1997).Google Scholar
5. Aoki, Makoto, Chiang, Yet-Ming, Kosacki, Igor, Jong-Ren Lee, L., Tuller, Hurry, and Liu, Yaping, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 79(5), 1169 (1996).Google Scholar
6. Tuller, H. L., Solid State Ionics, 131, 143 (2000)Google Scholar
7. Mondal, P., Hahn, H., Bunsenges, Ber, Phys. Chem., 101, 1765 (1997).Google Scholar
8. Jiang, S., J. Mat. Res., 12, 2374 (1997).Google Scholar
9. Rivera, A., Santamaria, J., and Leon, C., Applied Physics Letters, 78(5), 610 (2001).Google Scholar
10. Etsell, T.H. and Flengas, S.N., Chem. Rev., 70, 339 (1970).Google Scholar
11. Anderson, H.U., Petrovsky, V., Thin film zirconia and ceria electrolytes for low temperature SOFC's, Proceedings of Fifth European Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Forum, Lucerne, Switzerland, pp240–247 (2002).Google Scholar
12. Anderson, H.U.., Nasrallah, M., Chen, C., US patent #5494700, February 27, 1996.Google Scholar