CARVALHO, S.G.M.MUCCILLO, E.N.S.MARQUES, F.M.B.MUCCILLO, R.2020-09-282020-09-282020CARVALHO, S.G.M.; MUCCILLO, E.N.S.; MARQUES, F.M.B.; MUCCILLO, R. Electric field-assisted sintering (gadolinia-doped ceria/alkali salts) composite membranes. <b>Materialia</b>, v. 11, 2020. DOI: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100679">10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100679</a>. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/31393.2589-1529http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/31393Composite ceramic membranes were prepared according to two routes: (i) vacuum impregnation of molten eutec- tic sodium-lithium carbonates (NLC) into porous ceria-20 mol% gadolinia (20GDC) solid electrolytes; (ii) electric field-assisted sintering of a 25 wt% NLC/75 wt% 20GDC mixture. Porous 20GDC ceramics were obtained by controlled thermal removal of 40 vol% KCl added as pore former. Electric field-assisted (flash) sintering was car- ried out monitoring thickness during application of 200 V cm − 1 to the specimen positioned in a sample chamber inserted in a vertical dilatometer. The surfaces of the sintered membranes were observed in a scanning electron microscope. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements were performed in the 5 Hz to 13 MHz fre- quency range in the 280–580°C range. Arrhenius plots showed the transition from oxide ion conduction (due to the solid electrolyte) to carbonate ion conduction (due to the molten NLC). Membranes flash sintered at 420°C in 2 min showed electrical conductivity similar to membranes conventionally sintered at 690°C for 2 h.openAccessceramicscomposite materialselectrolytessinteringimpedancespectroscopygadoliniumcerium oxidesmembranesArtigo de periódico1110.1016/j.mtla.2020.1006790000-0002-8598-279X0000-0001-9219-388Xhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8598-279Xhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9219-388XSem Percentil43.00