Resumen de Effect of zirconia in the density and ionic conductivity properties of Bi4V1.8Cu0.1Zn0.1O10.7 compound
A.B. Silva, Jorge Enrique Rueda Parada, Q. Gomes K.
Ceramics based bismuth vanadate are conductors of oxygen ions and they are used as solid electrolytes in pressure sensors and fuel cells. These materials operate at temperatures above 700 °C. At high temperatures, the bismuth-vanadium oxide (Bi4V2O11) has a g-phase with a large number of oxygen vacancies that favors the ionic conductivity. The g-phase of the Bi4V2O11 was stabilized at room temperature by partial substitution of vanadium (V5+) ions by cuprum (Cu2+) and zinc (Zn2+) ions to provide high ionic conductivity values between 100 and 400oC. Thus, polycrystalline samples of Bi4V1.8Cu0.1Zn0.1O10.7 were obtained after 4h sintering at 800 °C. Investigations were made about densification process and ionic conductivity related to the effect of addition of the yttria-stabilized zirconia (Zr0.88Y0.12O1.94).
