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Evaluation of Cu-substituted La1.5Sr0.5NiO4+6 as air electrode for CO2 electrolysis in solid oxide electrolysis cells

Journal

CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 48, Issue 21, Pages 31509-31518

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.07.070

Keywords

Solid oxide electrolysis cell; Air electrode; Ruddlesden-popper oxide; Stability

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China
  2. Natural Science Foun-dation of Jiangsu Province
  3. Priority Academic Pro-gram Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
  4. Innovation Foundation for Graduate Students of Jiangsu Province
  5. Top-notch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (TAPP)
  6. [21978133]
  7. [21506100]
  8. [BK 20211260]
  9. [KYCX22_1290]

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The study investigates Cu-substituted La1.5Sr0.5NiO4+6 series materials as air electrodes for CO2 electrolysis. The results reveal that Cu substitution improves the catalytic activity, electronic conductivity, and oxygen exchange capacity of the electrodes, leading to enhanced charge transfer and oxygen ion diffusion. Additionally, Cu substitution enhances the stability of the cells, enabling the LSNCu0.25 air electrode to exhibit highly stable performance in CO2 electrolysis.
Ruddlesden-Popper oxide, Cu-substituted La1.5Sr0.5NiO4+6 series materials (La1.5Sr0.5Ni1-xCuxO4+6; denoted as LSNCux; x = 0, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5) are investigated as air electrodes in solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) for electrolysis of CO2. Room temperature crystal structure, electrical conductivity and oxygen exchange capacity, as well as electrochemical performance of LSNCux are comprehensively investigated. Among the series of samples, LSNCu0.25 half-cell exhibits the lowest polarization resistance value of 0.179 omega cm2 at 800 degrees C, which decreases by approximately 86.07% compared with that of LSN. In addition, the fuel electrode-supported single cell with LSNCu0.25 air electrode presents a high current density of 1.2 A cm-2 at 1.5 V under 30% CO-70% CO2 condition at 800 degrees C, which is 207% of LSN (0.58 A cm-2) under the same condition. Results show that the impressive catalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is ascribed to the improved electronic conductivity and oxygen exchange capacity. With Cu substitution for Ni-site, the contraction of Ni-O bond in NiO6 octahedron and increased concentration of charge carries owing to the oxidation of Ni2+ to Ni3+ are beneficial to the electron conduction. The formation of more interstitial oxygen as ionic compensation also favors the oxygen ion diffu-sion/exchange and greatly accelerates the charge transfer process. Furthermore, no degradation is observed for the single cell durability test at 750 degrees C for 50 h, which demonstrates the highly stable performance of LSNCu0.25 air electrode for electrolysis of CO2.

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