28 do i: 1 0. 15 82 6/ ch im te ch .2 01 5. 2. 1. 00 3 Lyagaeva Ju. G., Medvedev D. A. Institute of High-Temperature Electrochemistry UB RAS, 20 Akademicheskaya street, 620990 Ekaterinburg Fax: +7(343) 374 5992; Phone: +7(343)3623263; E-mail: yulia.lyagaeva@ya.ru Structure and transport properties of composite materials on a basis of Ce 0.8 Nd 0.2 O 2–δ and BaCe 0.8 Nd 0.2 O 3–δ * In the present work the synthesis of materials was carried out by one-step citrate-nitrate method. The optimal synthesis temperature of the powders was chosen on the base of TG-DSC data. Phase nature of the synthesized materi- als was investigated by XRD and Rietveld refinement data analyzes. The in- fluence of the perovskite phase content in the system of (1–x)Ce 0.8 Nd 0.2 O 2–δ – xBaCe 0.8 Nd 0.2 O 3–δ (x = 0 , 0.25, 0.5 , 0.75 and 1) on the crystallite and particle size of powders and structure properties of ceramics (relative density, porosity, grain size) were investigated. Measurements of the electrical conductivity of materials in a wide ranges of temperatures (550–900 °C) and oxygen partial pressure (10-23 ≤ pO 2 /atm ≤ 0,21) revealed features of transport in the com- posite system. *This work was done underfinancial support RFBR grant 13-03-00065, 12-03-33002) and Council for Grants of the President of the Russian Federation (NSP-44.2012.1) Introduction Materials based on barium cerate and ceria attract attention as potential elec- trolytes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFC). A new trend in the development of electrolyte systems appeared recently: creation of composite materials such as perovskite- fluorite. Composite electrolytes have the advantage compared to the reference ma- terials: reduced electronic conductivity in reducing and oxidizing atmospheres(1), thermodynamic stability in reducing en- vironments and CO2 and H2O-containing atmospheres(2). Relatively equal values of thermal coefficients of linear expan- sion (CTE)-of oxides based on CeO2 and BaCeO3 also favorable for their joint use as composites(3). The purpose of this paper is to i) synthesize and study the peculiarities of obtaining previously non-researched composites (1–x) Ce0.8Nd0.2O2–δ– xBaCe0.8Nd0.2O3–δ (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1) and ii) study their mechanother- mal, electrical and electrochemical prop- erties. © Lyagaeva Ju. G., Medvedev D. A., 2015 30 № 1 | 2015 Chimica Techno Acta Results and Discussion In this paper we obtain the materials by the one-step citrate-nitrate method. Based on TGA-DSC analysis and mass spec- troscopy it was indicated that the mass of powders stops changing at 1150 °C (see Fig. 1). Since the TGA was carried out in the dynamic mode, the materials synthe- sis temperatures have been slightly low- ered to 1100 °C with exposure to these conditions for 3 h. XRF results for the synthe- sized powders (1–x) Ce0.8Nd0.2O2–δ– xBaCe0.8Nd0.2O3–δ are shown in Fig. 2 For materials Ce0.8Nd0.2O2–δ and BaCe0.8Nd0.2O3–δ on X-ray reflections only related to the phases of fluorite (Fm3m) and perovskite (orthorhombic distortion, Pmcn), respectively, are present. Com- posite materials according to XRF are biphasic and contain no contaminants or phase interaction. However, it should be noted that the composition with x = 0.75 intensity of reflections corresponding to fluorite phase, is small compared to the expected level. This may be due to the partial dissolution of fluorite phase in per- ovskite. Indeed, for the interval 0.75