Synthesis of BaCeO3 and BaCe0.9Y0.1O3−δ from mixed oxalate precursors

An oxalate precipitation route is proposed for the synthesis of BaCe1−xYxO3 (x = 0 and 0.1) after calcination at 1100 °C. The precipitation temperature (70 °C) was a determinant parameter for producing a pure perovskite phase after calcination at 1100 °C for 1 h. TG/DTA measurements showed that the co-precipitated (Ba, Ce and Y) oxalate had a different thermal behaviour from single oxalates. Despite a simple grinding procedure, sintered BaCe0.9Y0.1O3−δ pellets (1400 °C, 48 h) presented 90.7% of relative density and preliminary impedance measurements showed an overall conductivity of around 2 × 10−4 S cm−1 at 320 °C.