Understanding the High Ionic Conductivity in Nanostructured Ytterbium Stabilized Zirconia Thin Films

Figure 1

XRD pattern of the film grown with 4% of ytterbium. The theoretical reflections of the cubic (red) and tetragonal (green) phases in YbSZ are presented in the figure. The crystalline structure where the Yb positions and vacancies are presented is shown in the inset. Reprinted with permission from [5].