Metal
oxides with oxygen vacancies are widely used in electrochemical processes
at high temperature due to their ionic conductivity. These processes
are strongly influenced by the electrostatic potential of the ions
because it is closely related to the electrochemical potential. We
calculate the partial molecular Coulomb internal energy for different
compositions of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) with molecular dynamics
(MD) at different temperatures and zero pressure. On the basis of
thermodynamic considerations, we assume that these quantities correspond
to the electrostatic potential of ZrO
2 and Y
2
O
3. We also calculate the mean electrostatic potential of the ions
and develop a mixing rule between this potential and the electrostatic
potential of the molecules. With this mixing rule and following the
thermodynamic framework proposed in this study, one can calculate
the Coulomb contribution of other thermodynamic properties like the
entropy or the Nernst–Planck diffusivities for YSZ-like metal
oxides. Furthermore, the methods proposed here can be extended for
other electrolyte mixtures.
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