Affiliation: | aSchool of Materials Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243002, PR China bDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China cSchool of Nano & Advanced Materials Engineering, Changwon National University, 9, Sarim-Dong, Changwon-City, Gyeongnam-Do 641-773, Republic of Korea |
Abstract: | In this article, the phase compositions, thermal, mechanical and transport properties of both the SrCo0.8Fe0.2O3−δ (SCF) and the SrCo0.8Fe0.1Sn0.1O3−δ (SSCF) ceramic membranes were investigated systematically. As compared with the SCF membrane, the SSCF one had a more promoted thermal shock resistance, which related to its small thermal expansion coefficient between them and an enhanced composite structure for it. For the SCF membrane, a permeation rate of 1.9 × 10−6 mol cm−2 s−1 was obtained at 1000 °C and under the oxygen partial pressure gradient of PO2 (h)/PO2 (l) = 0.209 atm/0.012 atm; however, the permeation rate was 2.5 × 10−6 mol cm−2 s−1 for the SSCF one in the same measuring condition. In addition, both peak values of total electrical conductivity (σe) for SSCF sample appeared with increasing temperature. The second peak value of σe for SSCF one was regarded as the contribution from its minor phase, which appeared with the mixed conducting behavior resulting from partly Co-dissolving into its lattice. |