Ceria and its solid solutions play a vital role in several industrial processes and devices.
These include solar energy-to-fuel conversion, solid oxide fuel and electrolyzer cells …

Ceria-based materials form a very promising class of electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction in
solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs). On the pathway towards the implementation of ceria …

Materials with high oxygen ion conductivity and low electronic conductivity are required for
electrolytes in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and high-temperature electrolysis (SOEC). A …

The temperature dependent conductivity of yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) exhibits a bending
in Arrhenius' plots which is frequently discussed in terms of free and associated oxygen …

Strained oxide thin films are of interest for accelerating oxide ion conduction in
electrochemical devices. Although the effect of elastic strain has been uncovered …

Acceptor-doped barium zirconate is a promising proton-conducting oxide for various
applications, for example, electrolysers, fuel cells or methane-conversion cells. Despite …

Porous hollow MgO microspheres were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction,
field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and …

The rare–earth–doped ceria overcomes the difficulties of yttria–stabilized zirconia (YSZ) as
an electrolyte in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) due to its superior ionic conductivity in the …

The standard Poisson–Boltzmann approach to modeling the near-interface defect behaviour
in solid electrolytes performs well at low dopant concentrations but its applicability is …

Understanding the water splitting mechanism in photocatalysis is a rewarding goal as it will
allow producing clean fuel for a sustainable life in the future. However, identifying the …