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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 1229-1240Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.098
Keywords
A-site deficient perovskite; BaFeO3-delta; Ba surface segregation; Intermediate temperature solid; oxide fuel cells; Mixed ionic electronic conductor; Oxygen vacant perovskite
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- Research Grant Council of Hong Kong [16201820, 16204517, 16206019]
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Developing cathodes that can work at intermediate temperatures is crucial for improving the performance of solid oxide fuel cells. This paper proposes a method to enhance the performance of BaFeO3-delta-based cathodes by introducing A-site deficiency, and validates the effectiveness of this method through computational and experimental analysis.
Developing cathodes capable of working at intermediate temperatures (IT) is key to improving solid oxide fuel cells' (SOFC) durability, ease of operation, and manufacturing cost reduction. BaFeO3-delta (BFO)-based perovskites are ideal candidates because of their fast kinetics, which is due to the mixed conduction of oxygen vacancies and electron-holes. Thus, maximizing their oxygen vacancy and hole concentration can further enhance oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysis. This work proposes to achieve this by generating A-site deficiency, which introduces negative charges into the perovskite crystal. The paper presents a computational and experimental analysis of this strategy on BFO-based cathodes, using (Ba0.95La0.05)(1-x)FeO3-delta as a case study. A-site deficiency increases the concentration of oxygen vacancies and holes, improving ORR catalysis. In addition, it eases oxygen surface exchange by hindering Ba segregation. As a result, A-site deficiency improves the overall electrochemical properties of BFO-based cathodes, providing a simple and effective method to enhance their performance. (c) 2021 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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