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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 160, Issue 4, Pages F351-F359Publisher
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2.017304jes
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- German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG) through the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) [F2.2, D7.2]
- DFG [GE 841/18-2, IV 14/12-3]
- Modellierung, Simulation und Optimierung der Mikrostruktur mischleitender SOFC-Kathoden [IV 14/16-1]
- European Commission [020089]
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Miniature solid oxide fuel cells (mu-SOFCs) to be operated at temperatures between 400 and 600 degrees C require custom-tailored electrolyte and electrode structures on the nanoscale. La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-delta (LSC) thin-film cathodes derived by metal organic deposition (MOD) and with a nanoscaled microstructure were previously presented and exhibited an extremely low area specific polarization resistance of 7 m Omega . cm(2) at 600 degrees C, increasing to 1.9 Omega . cm(2) at 400 degrees C. Naturally, grains and pores at the nanoscale are essential, but the decisive aspect to high-performance is presented here for the first time. In fact, our LSC thin-film cathodes exhibit enhanced oxygen surface-exchange properties, with a k* value up to 47 times better than that of bulks of (nominally) equal composition. The presence of secondary phases such as (La,Sr)(2)CoO4+/-delta and Co3O4 leads to this significant improvement, forming finely dispersed hetero-interfaces with LSC. Interesting enough, these secondary phases crystallize out during a low-temperature decomposition of the metal organic sal-gel film. Thermodynamic calculations revealed that low oxygen partial pressures must prevail for this, which occur during the oxidation of the organics. Deliberate stoichiometry variations with up to 10 % A-site (La, Sr) or B-site (Co) excess added to La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-delta did not lead to further beneficial effects. (C) 2013 The Electrochemical Society. [DOI: 10.1149/2.017304jes] All rights reserved.
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