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Effect of Phase Stabilizers on the Phase Formation and Sintering Density of $Na^+$-Beta-Alumina Solid Electrolyte  

Lee, Ki-Moon (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
Lee, Sung-Tae (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
Lee, Dae-Han (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
Lee, Sang-Min (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
Lim, Sung-Ki (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.23, no.6, 2012 , pp. 534-538 More about this Journal
Abstract
$Na^+$-beta-alumina solid electrolyte was synthesized by solid state reaction using $Li_2O$ and MgO as a phase stabilizer, and the effect of stabilizers on the phase formation and sintering density was investigated. In order to determine the phase fraction according to the synthesizing temperature, the molar ratio of [$Na_2O$] : [$Al_2O_3$] was fixed at 1 : 5, and calcination was conducted at temperatures between $1200{\sim}1500^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. In the $Li_2O$-$Na_2O$-$Al_2O_3$ ternary system, ${\beta}^{{\prime}{\prime}}$-alumina phase fraction considerably increased by the secondary phase transition at $1500^{\circ}C$, whereas it maintained similarly in the MgO-$Na_2O$-$Al_2O_3$ system. Additionally, the disc-type specimens of $Na^+$-beta-alumina were sintered at the temperature between $1550{\sim}1650^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, and relative sintering densities, phase changes, and microstructures were analyzed. In case of $Li_2O$-stabilized $Na^+$-beta-alumina, ${\beta}^{{\prime}{\prime}}$-phase fraction and relative density of specimen sintered at $1600^{\circ}C$ were 94.7% and 98%, respectively. Relative density of MgO-stabilized $Na^+$-beta-alumina increased with a rise in sintering temperature.
Keywords
$ Na^+$-beta-alumina; solid electrolyte; phase stabilizer; sintering density;
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