Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 436, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.226838
Keywords
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); Distribution of relaxation time constants (DRT); Solid oxide cell (SOC); Dynamic physically-based model; Sensitivity analysis
Funding
- Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SEFRI [16.0199, 16.0042, 735918, 700667]
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Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is extensively used to characterize Solid Oxide Cells (SOCs) to extract information on the elementary loss mechanisms. However, these individual mechanisms usually overlap in the frequency domain, requiring dedicated data processing for unambiguous identification. A powerful method for discriminating process contributions is the analysis by the Distribution of Relaxation Times (DRT). The de-convoluted spectrum of SOC generally presents, six peaks from mHz to hundreds of kHz. DRT peak-to-process attribution is often obtained by experimental sensitivity analysis. In the study, six parameters have been systematically varied: temperature, current density, partial pressure of O-2 at the oxygen electrode, partial pressure of steam at the fuel electrode, total flow rates and fuel composition. The effect of wires inductance and different cell geometries has also been analyzed. The study provides detailed information about the contribution of the elementary processes to the total losses over a wide range of operation regimes. It further refines peak-to process attributions by using a dynamic numerical model that includes gas and solid phase transport coupled with charge transfer and chemical reactions. Moreover, the non-univocal literature attribution of processes in the middle frequency range is clarified: strongly overlapping peaks cannot be separated even by DRT.
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