Evidence of Proton Transport in Atomic Layer Deposited Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Films
- Authors
- Park, Joong Sun; Kim, Young Beom; Shim, Joon Hyung; Kang, Sangkyun; Guer, Turgut M.; Prinz, Fritz B.
- Issue Date
- 28-9월-2010
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- fuel cell; SOFC; YSZ; ALD; SIMS
- Citation
- CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, v.22, no.18, pp.5366 - 5370
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 18
- Start Page
- 5366
- End Page
- 5370
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/115655
- DOI
- 10.1021/cm1017536
- ISSN
- 0897-4756
- Abstract
- This study presents spectroscopic and electrochemical evidence that verifies proton transport in the temperature regime 300-450 degrees C in yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thin film membranes fabricated by atomic layer deposition (ALD). High-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS) of Ols showed that the OH peak was significantly more pronounced in A LID samples than in single-crystal YSZ. Similarly, secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) measurements, conducted for comparison on single-crystalline YSZ and atomic layer deposited YSZ, indicated that ALD YSZ contains MO times higher deuterium concentration than single crystalline YSZ. Si MS depth profiles suggested diffusion of protons through protonic defects in YSZ. We have also fabricated fuel cells employing ALD YSZ with dense palladium layers to block oxygen but allow hydrogen transport. These performed as protonic fuel cells at intermediate temperatures achieving 10 mW/cm(2) at 450 degrees C. These results open the possibility to engineer ALD YSZ as electrolyte membranes for new protonic devices operating at relatively low temperature regimes.
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