Accession Number:

AD0817823

Title:

STUDY OF THIN FILM OXIDE ELECTROLYTES.

Descriptive Note:

Progress rept. no. 5, 1 Mar-31 May 67,

Corporate Author:

WESTINGHOUSE RESEARCH LABS PITTSBURGH PA

Personal Author(s):

• Hrizo, John
• Bauerle, James E.
• Ruka, Roswell J.

Report Date:

1967-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this program is to produce and study the properties of doped zirconia films which are potential electrolyte materials for high temperature oxide electrolyte fuel cells. In this report we discuss 1 changes in zirconia-yttria films produced by high temperature annealing, including improved conductivity, 2 a comparison of our own bulk conductivity measurements and thin film conductivity measurements over the temperature range of 500 to 1000 C, and 3 the electrical behavior of films sputtered onto sintered alumina substrates. Author

Descriptors:

• *METAL FILMS)
• (*FUEL CELLS
• (*ELECTROLYTES
• HIGH TEMPERATURE)
• DOPING
• ZIRCONIUM OXIDES
• YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
• OXIDES
• ANNEALING
• SUBSTRATES
• SINTERING
• SPUTTERING
• DEFECTS(MATERIALS)

Subject Categories:

• Electric Power Production and Distribution

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE