Proton conducting ceramics

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FMBI961852

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• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

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Coordinated by

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

Objective

Research objectives and content Proton conducting ceramics find increasing use in fuel cells and hydrogen sensors. In solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) proton conducting oxides as electrolytes may allow a lower operation temperature, which would be a great advantage. However, this is a new, and very active, field of research and the characteristics of several I promising materials are still relatively unknown. In this project, different oxides of the perovskite type structure will be fabricated and examined. The influence of structure dopant atoms on the electrical properties will be determined. Mechanisms for water uptake and proton and oxide ion conductivity will be investigated. The central part of this project, and this is a new concept, is to investigate the proton conducting process by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) after 2H/1H isotope exchange. Training content (objective, benefit and expected impact) - To learn about new methods for ceramic investigation. - To be a member of another leading SOFC research group. - To expand my European research network, both at universities, research organizations and industry. Links with industry / industrial relevance (22) SOFCs are being increasingly more interesting for the industry as the date of commercialization approaches. However, for a rapid commercialization of the SOFC it is central to find new materials which allow the operation temperature to be reduced.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › analytical chemistry › mass spectrometry
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › ceramics
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › fuel cells

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Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants

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Coordinator

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Analytical Chemistry Lab ; 54006 Thessaloniki ; Greece
• Total cost: No data