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Electrical Conductivity in Praseodymium-Cerium Oxide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Todd S. Stefanik  and
Harry L. Tuller
Todd S. Stefanik
Affiliation:
Crystal Physics and Electroceramics Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Harry L. Tuller
Affiliation:
Crystal Physics and Electroceramics Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Abstract

The electrical conductivity of PrxCe1-xO2-δ (PCO) for 0 ≤ × ≤ 0.20 was examined over a wide range of temperatures and oxygen partial pressures. A defect model based on multiple Pr valence states was found to be qualitatively consistent with the observed data. A unique pO2-dependent ionic conductivity is observed at high pO2 values in compositions containing low levels of Pr (0 ≤ × ≤ 0.01). In compositions containing higher amounts of Pr (0.05 ≤ × ≤ 0.20), formation of a Pr induced impurity band results in a significant electronic conductivity at high pO2 values.

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