• Title of article

    Dehydration kinetics of nano-YSZ ceramics monitored by in-situ infrared spectroscopy

  • Author/Authors

    Pietrowski، نويسنده , , Martha J. and De Souza، نويسنده , , Roger A. and Kim، نويسنده , , Sangtae and Munir، نويسنده , , Zuhair A. and Martin، نويسنده , , Manfred، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    241
  • To page
    244
  • Abstract
    The room-temperature dehydration kinetics of dense nano-crystalline yttria-stabilised zirconia (n-YSZ) ceramics and single crystals (s-YSZ) exposed to liquid H2O has been studied by means of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. Spectra obtained for both samples showed a combination band at 5200 cm− 1 that was attributed to the fundamental (ν2 + ν3) vibration modes of H2O molecules. No evidence was found for the presence of structurally bonded OH groups in the samples. The loss of H2O from n-YSZ exposed to air was observed to be significantly slower than from s-YSZ. Identical loss kinetics were found for n-YSZ (and s-YSZ) samples exposed to liquid CH3OH. Considered together, the results suggest that H2O (and CH3OH) are adsorbed on internal surfaces (pores, microcracks) of n-YSZ.
  • Keywords
    Nanocrystalline YSZ , FT-IR , Protonic conduction , dehydration
  • Journal title
    Solid State Ionics
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Solid State Ionics
  • Record number

    1711707