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Improved mechanical strength, proton conductivity and power density in an ‘all-protonic’ ceramic fuel cell at intermediate temperature

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29/09/2021
Author
Azad, Abul K.
Abdalla, Abdalla M.
Afif, Ahmed
Azad, Atia
Afroze, Shammya
Idris, Azam Che
Park, Jun-Young
Saqib, Mohammad
Radenahmad, Nikdalila
Hossain, Shahzad
Elius, Iftakhar Bin
Al-Mamun, Md.
Zaini, Juliana
Al-Hinai, Amer
Reza, Md. Sumon
Irvine, John T. S.
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QC Physics
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Abstract
Protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) have become the most efficient, clean and cost-effective electrochemical energy conversion devices in recent years. While significant progress has been made in developing proton conducting electrolyte materials, mechanical strength and durability still need to be improved for efficient applications. We report that adding 5 mol% Zn to the Y-doped barium cerate-zirconate perovskite electrolyte material can significantly improve the sintering properties, mechanical strength, durability and performance. Using same proton conducting material in anodes, electrolytes and cathodes to make a strong structural backbone shows clear advantages in mechanical strength over other arrangements with different materials. Rietveld analysis of the X-ray and neutron diffraction data of BaCe0.7Zr0.1Y0.15Zn0.05O3−δ (BCZYZn05) revealed a pure orthorhombic structure belonging to the Pbnm space group. Structural and electrochemical analyses indicate highly dense and high proton conductivity at intermediate temperature (400–700 °C). The anode-supported single cell, NiO-BCZYZn05|BCZYZn05|BSCF-BCZYZn05, demonstrates a peak power density of 872 mW cm−2 at 700 °C which is one of the highest power density in an all-protonic solid oxide fuel cell. This observation represents an important step towards commercially viable SOFC technology.
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Azad , A K , Abdalla , A M , Afif , A , Azad , A , Afroze , S , Idris , A C , Park , J-Y , Saqib , M , Radenahmad , N , Hossain , S , Elius , I B , Al-Mamun , M , Zaini , J , Al-Hinai , A , Reza , M S & Irvine , J T S 2021 , ' Improved mechanical strength, proton conductivity and power density in an ‘all-protonic’ ceramic fuel cell at intermediate temperature ' , Scientific Reports , vol. 11 , 19382 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98987-6
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Scientific Reports
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Peer reviewed
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98987-6
ISSN
2045-2322
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2021. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
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The authors AA and NR would like to thank Universiti Brunei Darussalam for providing a UGS scholarship to perform this research. This work was supported by the UBD CRG project: UBD/OVACRI/CRGWG(006)/161201.
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