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NANOSCALE
Volume 15, Issue 40, Pages 16362-16370Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3nr02704j
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This study reports the development of large, commercially relevant solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) with two nanoengineered electrodes, demonstrating excellent performance. The use of self-assembled nanocomposites in the cathode and nanometer-scale Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-delta in the anode enables a larger electrochemically active region and improved oxygen exchange kinetics and electronic conductivity.
Although nanoengineering of electrodes opens up the way to the development of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) with improved performance, the practical implementation of such advances in cells suitable for widespread use remains a challenge. Here, the demonstration of large-area, commercially relevant SOFCs with two nanoengineered electrodes that display excellent performance is reported. The self-assembled nanocomposite La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-delta and Co3O(4) is strategically designed and deposited into the well-interconnected Ce(0.9)Gd(0.1)O(2-delta )backbone as a cathode to enable an ultra-large electrochemically active region. The nanometer-scale Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-delta is deposited into a conventional Ni/yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) anode to provide more active oxygen exchange kinetics and electronic conductivity compared to YSZ. The resulting nanoengineered cell with an effective size of 4 cm x 4 cm delivers a remarkable power output of 19.2 W per single cell at 0.6 V and 750 C-degrees. These advancements have potential to facilitate the future development of high-performance SOFCs at a large scale by nanoengineering of electrodes and are expected to pave the way for the commercialization of this technology.
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