TY - JOUR
T1 - CuCo2O4-Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ
T2 - An active hybrid cathode for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells
AU - Kong, Yu
AU - Sun, Chengzhi
AU - Wu, Xian
AU - Zhang, Yu
AU - Zhang, Naiqing
AU - Sun, Kening
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - The sluggish oxygen reduction reaction acts as a vital barrier to the performance enhancement for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. In this paper we report a CuCo2O4-Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ composite cathode synthesized via sol-gel and subsequent mechanical mixing methods. The composite cathode contains an electronic conductor CuCo2O4 and an ionic conductor Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ, dramatically enhancing the oxygen reduction reaction kinetics and the sintering performance. Introduction of the Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ nanoparticles brings an obvious increase of triple phase boundaries and enhancement of electrochemical activities. As expected, the composite cathode with addition of 35 wt% of Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ shows the least polarization resistance of 0.07 Ω cm2 in air at 800 °C. What's more, the sintering temperature is distinctly reduced from 1000 °C to 800 °C.
AB - The sluggish oxygen reduction reaction acts as a vital barrier to the performance enhancement for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. In this paper we report a CuCo2O4-Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ composite cathode synthesized via sol-gel and subsequent mechanical mixing methods. The composite cathode contains an electronic conductor CuCo2O4 and an ionic conductor Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ, dramatically enhancing the oxygen reduction reaction kinetics and the sintering performance. Introduction of the Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ nanoparticles brings an obvious increase of triple phase boundaries and enhancement of electrochemical activities. As expected, the composite cathode with addition of 35 wt% of Er0.4Bi1.6O3-δ shows the least polarization resistance of 0.07 Ω cm2 in air at 800 °C. What's more, the sintering temperature is distinctly reduced from 1000 °C to 800 °C.
KW - CuCoO-ErBiO composite cathode
KW - Intermediate temperatures solid oxide fuel cells
KW - Oxygen reduction reaction
KW - Sintering temperature
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.12.074
DO - 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.12.074
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058805023
SN - 0272-8842
VL - 45
SP - 6037
EP - 6042
JO - Ceramics International
JF - Ceramics International
IS - 5
ER -