Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 274, Issue -, Pages 260-264Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.10.066
Keywords
Solid oxide electrolysis cells; Steam; Carbon dioxide; Impregnation; Ceramic cathode
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Cu impregnation has been performed to improve electronic conductivity of La0.75Sr0.25Cr0.5Mn0.5O3-delta (LSCM) material in reducing atmosphere, and solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) with the configuration of LSCF vertical bar LSGM vertical bar LSCM-Cu are prepared and evaluated for high temperature steam and carbon dioxide co-electrolysis. Electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) and voltage-current curves are carried out to characterize the cell performances. Compared with LSCF vertical bar LSGM vertical bar LSCM cell without Cu impregnation for steam electrolysis under the same conditions, EIS results show that LSCF vertical bar LSGM vertical bar LSCM-Cu cell not only displays lower ohmic resistance and better electrochemical performances, but also their resistance increases with the percentage of the fed CO2 under open circuit voltage, in which the polarization resistance dominates. With the applied electrolysis voltage of 1.65 V and the operating temperature of 750 degrees C, the maximum consumed current density increases from 1.31 A cm(-2) without CO2 to 1.82 A cm(-2) with 37.5% CO2. Although there is an increase of 2.0% in the applied electrolysis voltage, the cell has exhibited an excellent durability test for more than 50 h with the electrolysis current density of 0.33 A cm(-2) and the gas mixture of 50% AH-25% H-2-25% CO2 at 750 degrees C. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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