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Ionic Conductors and Aspects Related to High Temperature

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The ionic conductivity of perovskite-type MIEC membranes is several orders of magnitude lower than their electronic conductivity; however, the ambipolar conductivity determines the diffusion rate of oxygen ions in the membrane bulk. Therefore, the improvement of oxygen ionic conductivity is the key to enhance the oxygen permeability of an MIEC material. In this chapter, the common oxygen ionic conductors with fluorite and perovskite structures are introduced in detail, and other types of oxygen ionic conductors, such as Bi4V2O11, La2Mo2O9, and La10-x Si6O26+y , are briefly presented. The critical factors influencing the oxygen ionic conductivity are discussed for the perovskite-type oxygen ionic conductors and MIEC conductors. All the oxygen ionic conducting materials can be made into MIEC membranes for oxygen permeation as long as they are properly doped by elements with variable valence states or mixed with a secondary phase with electronic conduction. MIEC membranes are all operated at high temperatures, and thus, the special properties related to high temperature, such as cationic diffusion, kinetic demixing, thermal expansion, chemical expansion, and creep, are briefly introduced to show that several factors should be considered to design or select a practically applicable MIEC membrane material.

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Zhu, X., Yang, W. (2017). Ionic Conductors and Aspects Related to High Temperature. In: Mixed Conducting Ceramic Membranes. Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53534-9_3

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