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Enhanced Electrical Conductivity and Nonstoichiometry in Nanocrystalline CeO2-x

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

E.B. Lavik ,
Y.-M. Chiang ,
I. Kosacki  and
H.L. Tuller
E.B. Lavik
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Y.-M. Chiang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
I. Kosacki
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
H.L. Tuller
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Abstract

Dense nanocrystalline CeO2-x. of ∼10 nm grain size exhibits enhanced, PO2-dependent electronic conductivity indicative of intrinsic nonstoichiometric behavior under conditions where coarse-grained counterparts are extrinsic. The enthalpy of reduction is lowered by over 2.4 eV per oxygen vacancy. The nanocrystals also exhibit greatly reduced grain boundary resistance, attributed to grain-size-dependent segregation. We propose that interface doping by selected low energy defect sites dominates the defect and transport properties of nanocrystalline ceria, and possibly other nanocrystalline compounds.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 400: Symposium E – Metastable Metal-Based Phases and Microstructures , 1995 , 359
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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