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FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.749771
Keywords
solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC); siloxane; biogas; degradation; D4; L4; carbon deposition
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- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-EE0007721]
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The degradation of nickel-yttria stabilized zirconia (Ni-YSZ) anode in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) due to different types of siloxane contamination was investigated. It was found that cyclic siloxane, D4, caused more severe degradation with higher deposition on YSZ. The high adsorption and low desorption rates of cyclic siloxane were identified as the main factors contributing to the degradation.
The solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) nickel-yttria stabilized zirconia (Ni-YSZ) anode degradation due to different types of siloxane contamination is investigated. A cyclic structure siloxane, octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), and a linear structure siloxane, decamethyltetrasiloxane (L4), are mixed with H-2+N-2 as the fuel for SOFCs at 750 degrees C. The electrochemical characterization results after stability experiments suggest that the SOFC contaminated with cyclic siloxane, D4, had higher degradation. Pure YSZ pellets with different surface hydroxylation extents were also tested to investigate the D4/L4 adsorption and deposition process. Postmortem SEM/WDS, XRD and Raman analysis all indicate that cyclic siloxane has more deposition than linear siloxane on the anode. Further analysis demonstrates that high adsorption and low desorption rates of cyclic siloxane on YSZ are linked to the degradation. Besides the silicon deposition, SiC and amorphous carbon deposition were also observed from the XRD and Raman analysis.
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