Electrical properties of reduced 3YTZP ceramics consolidated by spark plasma sintering

3 mol% Yttria doped zirconia ceramics were consolidated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at two sintering temperatures with the aim of achieving two different reduction levels. Microstructural characterization of the ceramics was performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Electrical properties...

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Autores: Poyato, Rosalía, Macías-Delgado, Julio, García-Valenzuela, Aurelio, González-Romero, R. L., Muñoz, A., Domínguez-Rodríguez, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/132299
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/132299
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Zirconia
Spark plasma sintering
Impedance spectroscopy
Electrical conductivity
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Sumario:3 mol% Yttria doped zirconia ceramics were consolidated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at two sintering temperatures with the aim of achieving two different reduction levels. Microstructural characterization of the ceramics was performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Electrical properties were investigated by means of impedance spectroscopy from room temperature up to 500 °C. The two ceramics presented a remarkably different electrical behavior. The effect of the extra electrons introduced by reduction during SPS on both the bulk and the grain boundary conductivity was analyzed and discussed.