Role of electrocatalytic properties of infiltrated nanoparticles in the activity of cathodes of solid oxide fuel cells – A case study of infiltrated La0.8Sr0.2CoxMn1-xO3 (x=0, 0.5, and 1) on Pt electrode

Na Ai; Kongfa Chen; San Ping Jiang

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.09.012

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Role of electrocatalytic properties of infiltrated nanoparticles in the activity of cathodes of solid oxide fuel cells – A case study of infiltrated La0.8Sr0.2CoxMn1-xO3 (x=0, 0.5, and 1) on Pt electrode

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Role of electrocatalytic properties of infiltrated nanoparticles in the activity of cathodes of solid oxide fuel cells – A case study of infiltrated La0.8Sr0.2CoxMn1-xO3 (x=0, 0.5, and 1) on Pt electrode

Na Ai, Kongfa Chen and San Ping Jiang

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.42(48), pp.28807-28815

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.09.012

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solid oxide fuel cells

infiltration

catalytic activity

platinum electrode

lanthanum cobaltite

In this paper, critical role of infiltrated nanoparticles (NPs) on the electrocatalytic activity of cathodes of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for O2 reduction reaction is studied on well-defined and microstructurally clean Pt electrodes using infiltrated La0.8Sr0.2CoO3 (LSC), La0.8Sr0.2Co0.5Mn0.5O3 (LSCM), and La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 (LSM) NPs. The promotion factor, fp, as defined as the ratio of electrode polarization resistance, RE of the electrode prepared by the conventional method to that of the infiltrated electrode measured under identical conditions, is close to unit for the 0.2 mg cm-2 NPs infiltrated Pt electrodes, indicating that the promotion effect of infiltrated perovskite NPs on the electrocatalytic activity of Pt electrodes is very small or negligible under open circuit conditions. However, under dc bias of 100 mV, fp is 35, 18 and 7 for the infiltrated LSC-Pt, LSCM-Pt and LSM-Pt electrodes, respectively. The electrode activity is significantly promoted by the presence of the NPs under cathodic polarization conditions. The electrochemical activity of Pt electrodes with infiltrated NPs depends strongly on the nature of the infiltrated materials with the order of LSC > LSCM > LSM. The higher oxygen surface exchange rate as well as faster oxygen transportation kinetics of the B-site Co-rich perovskite oxides is responsible to the better catalytic activity of the infiltrated Pt cathodes.

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Title: Role of electrocatalytic properties of infiltrated nanoparticles in the activity of cathodes of solid oxide fuel cells – A case study of infiltrated La0.8Sr0.2CoxMn1-xO3 (x=0, 0.5, and 1) on Pt electrode
Authors: Na Ai (Author) - Fuzhou University, China
Kongfa Chen (Author) - Fuzhou University, China
San Ping Jiang (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.42(48), pp.28807-28815
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.09.012
ISSN: 0360-3199
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450702802621
Output Type: Journal article

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