Orientation microscopy–assisted grain boundary analysis for protonic ceramic cell electrolytes

Sooraj Patel; Sumit Goswami; Pralay Paul; Fan Liu; Shuanglin Zheng; Julian E. Sabisch; Chuancheng Duan; Thirumalai Venkatesan; Hanjong Paik; Hanping Ding; Pejman Kazempoor; Shuozhi Xu; Dong Ding; Iman Ghamarian

doi:10.1111/jace.20371

Orientation microscopy–assisted grain boundary analysis for protonic ceramic cell electrolytes

Sooraj Patel
, Sumit Goswami
, Pralay Paul
, Fan Liu
, Shuanglin Zheng
, Julian E. Sabisch
, Chuancheng Duan
, Thirumalai Venkatesan
, Hanjong Paik
, Hanping Ding
, Pejman Kazempoor
, Shuozhi Xu
, Dong Ding
, Iman Ghamarian

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Abstract

Grain boundaries in protonic ceramic cell (PCC) electrolytes hinder proton transport, reducing interfacial conductivity. In multicomponent PCC electrolytes, the inclusion of sintering aids further accentuates the complexity of grain boundaries. In this study, we synthesize nanocrystalline BaCe_0.4Zr_0.4Y_0.1Yb_0.1O₃₋_δ thin films via pulsed laser deposition and analyze their grain boundary character distributions using orientation data collected by precession electron diffraction technique. The results reveal an anisotropic distribution of grain boundary characters, with notably high populations of 180°-tilt and twist grain boundaries. These findings provide critical insights into identifying the predominant grain boundaries in this PCC electrolyte material, assessing the vast five-dimensional grain boundary space.

Original language	English
Article number	e20371
Journal	Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume	108
Issue number	5
Early online date	Jan 7 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20371
State	E-pub ahead of print - Jan 7 2025

Keywords

grain boundary character distribution
precession electron diffraction
protonic conductor
pulsed laser deposition
transmission electron microscopy

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Patel, S., Goswami, S., Paul, P., Liu, F., Zheng, S., Sabisch, J. E., Duan, C., Venkatesan, T., Paik, H., Ding, H., Kazempoor, P., Xu, S., Ding, D., & Ghamarian, I. (2025). Orientation microscopy–assisted grain boundary analysis for protonic ceramic cell electrolytes. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 108(5), Article e20371. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20371

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