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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 331, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122682
Keywords
Reversible protonic ceramic cells; Nanocomposite; Perovskite; Air electrode; Water electrolysis
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A nanocomposite material BCFZYN, consisting of a major perovskite phase and a minor NiO phase, has been found to possess excellent oxygen reduction/evolution reaction activities. The material shows accelerated oxygen desorption and proton conduction, making it a promising air electrode material for reversible protonic ceramic cells.
Reversible protonic ceramic cells (r-PCCs) can operate alternately in fuel cell and electrolysis cell modes, while their practical applications are limited due to the lack of air electrodes with high oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER) activities. A nanocomposite Ba0.95(Co0.4Fe0.4Zr0.1Y0.1)0.95Ni0.05O3-& delta; (BCFZYN), consisting of a major perovskite phase (D-BCFZYN) and a minor NiO phase, has demonstrated outstanding ORR activity in protonic ceramic fuel cells [1]. Herein, we experimentally and theoretically demonstrate that BCFZYN possesses excellent OER activity. Density functional theory calculations indicate that NiO nanoparticles enhance water adsorption while D-BCFZYN accelerates oxygen desorption and proton conduction, thus promoting OER kinetics. A cell with BCFZYN air electrode achieved a current density of -1267 mA cm-2 at 1.3 V at 600 oC, while maintaining favorable durability of 372 h. The corresponding cell demonstrated stable operation during cycling mode between fuel cell and electrolysis modes, suggesting the material has great potential as an air electrode for r-PCCs.
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