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Abstract The phase composition and electroconduction in air of solid electrolytes (Ce0.8Sm0.2)1 - xCuxO2 - d (CSCu), where x = 0, 2, 5, 10, and 20 mol % and which are synthesized using the ceramic technology, are studied. Adding an additive of CuO lowers the CSCu sintering temperature by 100– 200°C and leads to the formation of single-phase solid solutions of a fluorite type up to x = 10 mol %. The electroconductivity of the CSCu electrolytes remains practically invariant upon adding up to 5 mol % Cu and equals 0.089–0.095 and 0.017–0.021 S cm-1 at 800 and 600°C. The sintering, adhesion, and electroconductance of composite cathodes based on La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 with 40% CSCu and their electrochemical behavior in air in the temperature interval 900–1000°C on carrying electrolyte Zr0.9Y0.1O1.95 with a CSCu sublayer containing 2 mol % Cu are studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract For two types of electrochemical cells with oxygen-conducting solid electrolytes based on lanthanum gallate (LSGM) and cerium oxide (SDC) studied are the temperature dependences of the polarization conductivity of air electrodes prepared from lanthanum-strontium manganite (LSM) and composites LSM-LSGM, LSM-SDC, and LSM-SSZ (SSZ is zirconium dioxide-based electrolyte). Effect of praseodymium oxide, added into these electrodes as a modifier, on their electrochemical properties is examined. Electrochemical systems with an LSM/LSGM interface exhibit low electrochemical activity toward the oxygen reaction, because during the formation of electrodes, LSM interacts with LSGM to form a poorly conducting product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Measurements of steady-state potentials of various electrodes made of oxide compositions are performed in cells containing electrolyte ZrO2 + 10 mol % Y2O3 at a temperature of 773 K in nonequilibrium gas mixtures N2 + O2 + 20 vol % CO2 + CO, with variable CO (0.1–5 vol %) and O2 (0.5–10 vol %) contents. After adding CO into a gas phase, potentials of all electrodes shift, to one degree or another. The shift is substantially affected by the O2 content. The electrochemical systems under study are of some interest for analyzing partial pressures of CO in gas mixtures. The discovered effect must be taken into account when employing such electrodes for the determination of partial concentrations of other components of a gas mixture, for example, oxygen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]