Ionic conductivity in the novel complex oxide Ba0.95La1.05InO4.025 with Ruddlesden-Popper structure
摘要
High oxygen-ion and proton conductivity is an important property for energy materials, especially for those to be used in solid oxide fuel cells and electrolyzes. The Ruddlesden-Popper complex oxides are a prospective class of oxygen-ion conducting electrolytes. Well-known oxygen-ion conductors with the classic perovskite ABO3 structure have already been successfully doped using the donor-doping method. However, results on the application of this donor-doping method to Ruddlesden-Popper complex oxides are not so extensive. In this paper, novel complex oxide Ba0.95La1.05InO4.025 with a Ruddlesden-Popper structure has been synthesized and investigated for the first time. The oxygen-ion conductivity values for the new donor doped (La3+ → Ba2+) complex oxide Ba0.95La1.05InO4.025 are about 0.5 orders of magnitude higher than those for the undoped BaLaInO4 composition. The oxygen-ion transport numbers of the new composition Ba0.95La1.05InO4.025 reach approximately 90% at 300°C.
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