
%0 Journal Article
%A Badwal, SPS 
%A de, Bruin HJ 
%T Polarization at the (U<sub>0.7</sub>Y<sub>0.3</sub>)O<sub>2+x</sub>/YSZ interface by impedance dispersion analysis
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1978/11/01
%V 31
%N 11
%P 2337-2347
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9782337
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9782337 
%X UO2+x. and Y2O3 form fluorite-type solid solutions (U2Y1-z)O2+x, which show promise as electrode materials for high-temperature fuel or electrolysis cells. The impedance dispersion behaviour for one such composition has been studied in cells of the type (U0.7Y0.3)02+x/YSZ/(U0.7Y0.3)O2+x, in air, at temperatures between 500 and 900&#176;C, and in the frequency range 5 Hz-500 kHz. The semi-circular arc due to electrode dispersion in the complex impedance plane is depressed substantially below the real axis. Simulation calculations show such behaviour to be due to a strong frequency dependence of the resistor(s) in the equivalent circuit for the electron-transfer reaction. We attribute such behaviour to a complex series of reaction steps at the electrode/electrolyte interface. 
