Most of the paradigms in materials science and technology firmly rely on equilibrium
materials, ie, phases with the lowest Gibbs energy under thermodynamic conditions. In …

Conventional Ni/yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrodes in solid oxide cells experience
fast degradation when operated for the electrolysis of steam at high current densities. This …

Cold sintering is a novel technique that promotes the densification of ceramics at a much
reduced temperature as compared to conventionally sintered ones. With the aid of this …

Some oxygen defective metal oxides, such as cerium and bismuth oxides, have recently
shown exceptional electrostrictive properties that are even superior to the best performing …

Oxygen-deficient cerium oxide ceramics exhibit an anomalously high electromechanical
response called giant electrostriction. This feature has been linked to the polarization and …

Recent progress has led to conductance confinement at the interface of complex oxide
heterostructures, thereby providing new opportunities to explore nano-electronic as well as …

Fast elemental diffusion at the Gd-doped ceria/Y-stabilized zirconia interface occurs under
reducing conditions at low oxygen activity (pO2< 10− 12 atm) and high temperature (1400° …

Gadolinium-Doped Ceria (GDC) is a prospective material for application in electrochemical
devices. Free sintering in air of GDC powder usually requires temperatures in the range of …

In this report, the effect of the cold sintering process (CSP) on the electro-chemo-mechanical
properties of 10 mol% Gd-doped ceria (GDC) is investigated. High purity nanoscale GDC …

Highly oxygen defective cerium oxide, eg, Gd-doped ceria, is a sustainable non-classical
electrostrictor with electromechanical properties that are superior to lead-based …