CO2-induced reconstruction for ORR-enhanced solid oxide fuel cell cathode

Yuan Zhang; Junbiao Li; Heping Xie; Zhipeng Liu; Suling Shen; Ying Teng; Daqin Guan; Shuo Zhai; Yufei Song; Wei Zhou; Bin Chen; Meng Ni; Zongping Shao

doi:10.1016/j.cej.2023.142216

CO₂-induced reconstruction for ORR-enhanced solid oxide fuel cell cathode

Yuan Zhang, Junbiao Li, Heping Xie, Zhipeng Liu, Suling Shen, Ying Teng, Daqin Guan, Shuo Zhai, Yufei Song, Wei Zhou, Bin Chen, Meng Ni, Zongping Shao

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Abstract

Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathode must be highly active and durable for electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Here, we demonstrate a CO₂-induced reconstruction strategy to build an oxygen incorporative but robust BaCO₃ shell for a self-assembled composite cathode from simple BaFeO_3-δ perovskite (noted as re-BF), leading to the enhanced ORR activity, durability, and thermomechanical compatibility. The heterostructure beneath the BaCO₃ shell consists of a BaFeO₃ phase and a BaFe₂O₄ phase, of which BaFeO₃ sustains the re-BF with good bulk oxygen transportation. The BaFe₂O₄ phase is stable with low thermal expansion coefficient, serving as a reinforced phase to re-BF for better chemical/morphological integrity. This new re-BF cathode shows good durability and a low area-specific resistance (ASR) of 0.013 Ω cm², about only one-third of pristine BaFeO_3-δ (0.041 Ω cm²) at 650 °C. This method can also be extended to other perovskite materials to develop an active catalyst for SOFC cathode.

Original language	English
Article number	142216
Journal	Chemical Engineering Journal
Volume	462
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.142216
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2023

Keywords

Carbon dioxide
Cathode
Oxygen reduction reaction
Reconstruction
Solid oxide fuel cell

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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10.1016/j.cej.2023.142216

http://hdl.handle.net/10397/103570

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