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Engineered Interfaces And Nano-Scale Thin Films For Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes, Manjula I. Nandasiri
Engineered Interfaces And Nano-Scale Thin Films For Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes, Manjula I. Nandasiri
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Solid state electrolytes with high oxygen ionic conductivity at low temperatures are required to develop cost effective and efficient solid oxide fuel cells. This study investigates the influence of engineered interfaces on the oxygen ionic conductivity of nano-scale multilayer thin film electrolytes. The epitaxial Sm2O3 doped CeO2 (SDC) and Sc2O3 stabilized ZrO2 (ScSZ) are selected as the alternative layers for the proposed multilayer thin film electrolyte based on the optimum structural, chemical, and electrical properties reported in the previous studies. The epitaxial SDC(111)/ScSZ(111) multilayer thin films are grown on high …