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Microwave and conventional sintering of gadolinium doped barium cerate: a comparative study

A. SENTHIL KUMAR1,* , R. BALAJI1, P. PUVIARASU1, S. JAYAKUMAR2

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore - 641 004, India
  2. Department of Physics, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research , Coimbatore - 641 062, India

Abstract

Ceria based solid electrolyte have been successfully synthesized by solid state route. Precursor powder was milled for 6h, 8h, 12h using ball milling technique with the help of zirconia ball. The calcination was carried out at 600C to form the required phase formation and confirmed from XRD results. Sintering was carried out at two different techniques such as microwave and conventional sintering for the prepared samples. The results were compared with XRD, SEM and electrical conductivity measurements and reported..

Keywords

Sintering, BCG, Nanocomposites, Fuel cells.

Citation

A. SENTHIL KUMAR, R. BALAJI, P. PUVIARASU, S. JAYAKUMAR, Microwave and conventional sintering of gadolinium doped barium cerate: a comparative study, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 5-6, May-June 2015, pp.788-791 (2015).

Submitted at: April 8, 2015

Accepted at: May 7, 2015