Structural, mechanical, and electrochemical properties of Ceria doped Scandia stabilized Zirconia

The financial support from NATO «Science for Peace» Program, project number 980878 «Solid oxide fuel cells for energy security», is gratefully acknowledged. The authors would like to thank Dr. M. Bega and Dr. A. Kotko at Frantcevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science for their XRD and TEM studies and fruitful discussions, and Dr. V. Ivanov at Boreskov Institute of Catalysis for his SIMS studies.