Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-08-01T11:55:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreyJoseMoraesDeLima_DISSERT.pdf: 2671095 bytes, checksum: 5c9ecacd56db46c55bf4d3ca78559cc9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-08-02T13:26:05Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreyJoseMoraesDeLima_DISSERT.pdf: 2671095 bytes, checksum: 5c9ecacd56db46c55bf4d3ca78559cc9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-02T13:26:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreyJoseMoraesDeLima_DISSERT.pdf: 2671095 bytes, checksum: 5c9ecacd56db46c55bf4d3ca78559cc9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-31 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Eletr?litos comp?sitos constitu?dos por uma matriz cer?mica de c?ria (CeO2) ou c?ria-gadol?nia (Ce0,9Gd0,1O2-?, CGO) e misturas eut?ticas de Na2CO3/Li2CO3 ou LiCl/KCl permitem reduzir a temperatura de funcionamento de c?lulas a combust?vel de 600 - 800 ?C para a faixa entre 400 e 600 ?C. Neste trabalho, eletr?litos comp?sitos ? base de c?ria e sais fundidos (misturas eut?ticas de carbonatos ou cloretos) foram obtidos pelo m?todo citrato. A rota qu?mica adotada possibilitou a s?ntese em simult?neo das duas fases dos comp?sitos, com um controle preciso de composi??o e microestrutura, promovendo uma substancial intera??o qu?mica entre fases. O estudo avaliou os efeitos da composi??o (teor de carbonato ou cloreto em matriz de c?ria ou CGO) e do processamento (temperatura de sinteriza??o) na microestrutura e propriedades de transporte dos comp?sitos. A caracteriza??o estrutural por difra??o de raios X revelou que os carbonatos e cloretos existem como fases amorfas. Apesar das baixas densidades relativas (entre 52 e 75%), decorrentes das reduzidas temperaturas de sinteriza??o (c?ria/carbonatos a 690 ?C e c?ria/cloretos entre 400 e 600 ?C), observou-se que a fus?o das fases amorfas atua como um selo que pode evitar o fluxo de gases atrav?s das amostras. A correla??o entre a composi??o e o comportamento el?trico, recorrendo ?s t?cnicas de espectroscopia de infravermelho, microscopia eletr?nica de varredura e espectroscopia de imped?ncia, permitiu ampliar o conhecimento existente sobre as novas caracter?sticas destes materiais relativamente aos eletr?litos convencionais. / Solid electrolyte is the part of the fuel cell has three essential functions: separate reagents, blocking electronic current and have high ionic conductivity of the elements that compose it. Composite electrolytes consisting of a ceria (CeO2) or ceria-gadolinia (Ce0,9Gd0,1O2, CGO) ceramic matrix and eutectic mixtures of Na2CO3/Li2CO3 or LiCl/KCl allow reducing the operating temperature of ceramic fuel cells from 600 - 800?C to 400 ? 600 ?C. In this paper, composite electrolytes based on ceria and molten salts (eutectic mixtures of carbonates and chlorides) were obtained by the citrate method. The adopted chemical route enabled the simultaneous synthesis of the two phases, with precise control of composition and microstructure, providing substantial chemical interaction between phases. The study evaluated the effects of composition (carbonate or chloride content in the ceria based matrix) and processing (sintering temperature) on microstructure and transport properties of the composites. The structural characterization by X-ray diffraction showed that the carbonates and chlorides exist as amorphous phases. Despite the low relative densities (between 52 and 75%), as a result of reduced sintering temperatures (ceria/carbonate at 690?C and ceria/chloride between 400 and 600?C), it was observed that the fusion of the amorphous phase acts as a seal that can prevent the flow of gases through the samples. The correlation between the composition and the electrical behavior, using the infrared spectroscopy techniques, scanning electron microscopy and impedance spectroscopy, has observed a homogeneous microstructural distribution between phases, indicating the formation of a ceramic skeleton based on ceria, surrounded by a mixture of amorphous salts, obtaining a conductivity of 0.079 S cm-1 and 0,058 cm-1 S for the ceria composite and carbonates at 600 ? C and 0.0016 S cm-1 and 0.0011 S cm-1 for composites ceria and chlorides at 450 ? C.