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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 43, Issue 14, Pages 10698-10707Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.05.003
Keywords
LSM cathode; Cathode-supported; YSZ electrolyte; Co-sintering; Sintering aid; Micro-tubular SOFC
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- JSPS KAKENHI [15H04250]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15H04250] Funding Source: KAKEN
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To prevent undesirable reactions between the cathode and electrolyte materials in cathode-supported solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), the co-sintering temperature of these two layers must be lowered. In the present work, we employed different strategies to lower the co-sintering temperature of cathode electrolyte bilayers for micro-tubular SOFCs by increasing the cathode sintering shrinkage and adding sintering aids to the electrolyte. Strontium-doped lanthanum manganite (LSM) and yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) were used as the cathode and electrolyte materials, respectively. To facilitate densification of the electrolyte layer by controlling the shrinkage of the cathode support, the particle size of the LSM powder was reduced by high-energy ball milling and different amounts of micro-crystalline cellulose pore former were used. Sintering aids, namely NiO and Fe2O3, were also added to the YSZ electrolyte to further improve its low-temperature sintering. Our results indicate that with the improvement in the cathode support shrinkage and use of the small amounts of sintering aids, the cathode electrolyte co-sintering temperature can be reduced to 1250-1300 degrees C. It was also observed that the presence of the sintering aids helps to reduce the reactivity between the LSM cathode and YSZ electrolyte.
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