La0.5Ba0.5CuxFe1−xO3−δ as cathode for high-performance proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cell
Abstract
La0.5Ba0.5CuxFe1−xO3−δ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) perovskite was investigated as a cathode for a protonic solid oxide fuel cell (H-SOFC) using BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.2Oδ (BZCY) electrolyte. A maximum electric conductivity (76.84 S cm−1 at 700 °C) was achieved in the air at the composition of La0.5Ba0.5Cu0.4Fe0.6O3−δ. Comparing to La0.5Ba0.5CuO3−δ (LBC), the increase in Fe content increased the Dchem (1.07x10−5 to 1.74x10−5 cm2 S−1) and Kchem (1.12x10−10 to 3.01x10−10 cm2 S−1) at La0.5Ba0.5Cu0.2Fe0.8O3−δ (LBCF28) but decreased the proton conductivity from 7.5 to 4.3 mS cm−1. Either Fe doping in LBC or Cu doping in La0.5Ba0.5FeO3−δ increased the thermal expansion coefficient (TEC), but a low TEC among samples with mixed cations was achieved at La0.5Ba0.5Cu0.5Fe0.5O3−δ (LBCF55) (16.12 ppm K−1). LBC suffered from superficial decomposition in the ambient air, causing an ohmic resistance loss of the full cell on Ni(O)-BZCY support. A high initial cell performance (820 mW cm−2) can be achieved for the cell with LBCF55 and LBCF28 cathode but the latter was unstable under a cathodic bias owing to the increase in ohmic resistance owing to the production of intermediate layer between electrode and electrolyte. With better stability than LBCF28 and higher performance than LBC, LBCF55 was regarded as a viable cathode material for H-SOFC. This work explores systematically the behavior of a perovskite with mixed Cu and Fe cations as a cathode for H-SOFCs.
Citation
Liu , S , Menglin , W , Lu , L , Ni , J , Ni , C & Irvine , J T S 2022 , ' La 0.5 Ba 0.5 CuxFe1 −x O 3−δ as cathode for high-performance proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cell ' , Separation and Purification Technology , vol. 297 , 121485 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121485
Publication
Separation and Purification Technology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1383-5866Type
Journal article
Description
Funding: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51702264) and Fundamental Research Funds for the central universities (SWURC2020002). This work is also supported by the Research Funding from S&T Committee from Chongqing Municipality (cstc2021ycjh-bgzxm0162) and Chongqing Technology and Business University scientific research project (1956017) and the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (Grant No. KJQN201900843). C.N. is also thankful to Bayu Young Scholar from Chongqing, and J.N. appreciates the support from the Chongqing Yingcai project.Collections
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