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    Highly oriented and fully dense CGO films prepared by spray-pyrolysis and different precursor salts

    Year: 2020

    Journal: J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., Volume 40, JUL, page 3080–3088

    Authors: dos Santos-Gomez, L.; Zamudio-Garcia, J.; Porras-Vazquez, J. M.; Losilla, E. R.; Marrero-Lopez, D.

    Organizations: MINECO (Spain) [RTI2018-093735-B-I00, UMA18-FEDERJA-033]; FEDEREuropean Commission; Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport [FPU17/02621]; University of Malaga

    Keywords: CeO2; Thin film; Spray-pyrolysis; Solid oxide fuel cells

    CeO2-based thin films are prepared by spray-pyrolysis deposition from different aqueous precursor solutions containing nitrate, chloride or acetate salts. The morphology and orientation growth strongly depends on the precursor type. Acetate solutions lead to dense films with improved microstructural features, i.e. uniform film thickness and a low roughness of 1.5 nm. Films with different Gd-content (Ce1-xGdxO2-x/2, 0 <= x <= 0.2, CGO) are prepared from acetate salts. These films show a (200) preferred orientation growth, regardless of the substrate type, i.e. fused quartz and polycrystalline ceramics. The in-plane conductivity of the films on quartz is lower than that of the bulk material, possibly due to the different thermal mismatch between the substrate and the film. These CGO films are also evaluated as protective layers to prevent the reaction between the Zr0.84Y0.16O1.92 (YSZ) electrolyte and the La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-delta (LSCF) cathode. The electrode efficiency of LCSF improves greatly after the introduction of a 150 nm thin CGO interlayer.
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