Abstract
The electrical properties of cubic, calcia-stabilised zirconia ceramics, CaxZr1-xO2-x: 0.12 ≤ x ≤ 0.18 have been investigated using impedance spectroscopy to separate bulk, grain boundary and electrode contact impedances. The most appropriate equivalent circuit to characterise the bulk response required inclusion of a dielectric component, represented by a series RC element, in parallel with the oxide ion conductivity represented by a parallel combination of a resistance, capacitance and constant phase element. The dielectric component may be attributed to defect complexes involving immobile oxygen vacancy pairs whereas long range conduction involves single oxygen vacancies.
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