Flash transition as a possible origin for low open circuit voltage in thin film solid oxide fuel cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 359 ◽  
pp. 48-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Raj ◽  
S. Ramanathan
2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan-Lin Zhang ◽  
Cheng-Xin Li ◽  
Chang-Jiu Li

Atmospheric plasma spraying was employed to prepare anode, cathode, and Y2O3-stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ) electrolyte to aim at reducing manufacturing cost. YSZ electrolytes were deposited on the anode at different deposition temperatures of 200 °C, 400 °C and 600 °C to optimize the gas tightness of plasma-sprayed YSZ electrolyte. The influences of the deposition temperature on the microstructure and gas-tightness of plasma-sprayed YSZ electrolyte were investigated. The effect of microstructure and the gas-tightness of YSZ electrolyte on the open circuit voltage and the output performance of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) were examined. The results showed with the increase of deposition temperature, the porosity of YSZ electrolytes almost decreased by about 80% and the microstructure of YSZ electrolytes changed from the typical lamellar structure to the continuous columnar crystal structure. At a deposition temperature of 600 °C the gas permeability decreased to 1.5 × 10−7 cm4gf−1s−1, and the highest open circuit voltage can reach 1.026 V, indicating the applicability of the as-sprayed YSZ directly to the SOFC electrolyte.


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pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Yang ◽  
E. Strelcov ◽  
A. Belianinov ◽  
A. Tebano ◽  
V. Foglietti ◽  
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pp. 36445-36453
Author(s):  
Myung Seok Lee ◽  
Sanghoon Lee ◽  
Wonyeop Jeong ◽  
Sangbong Ryu ◽  
Wonjong Yu ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 163 (7) ◽  
pp. F719-F727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunghwan Lee ◽  
Xiaofei Guan ◽  
Shriram Ramanathan

2020 ◽  
pp. 239-283
Author(s):  
Jong Dae Baek ◽  
Ikwhang Chang ◽  
Pei-Chen Su

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2277
Author(s):  
Zhengwen Tu ◽  
Yuanyuan Tian ◽  
Mingyang Liu ◽  
Bin Jin ◽  
Muhammad Akbar ◽  
...  

Recently, appreciable ionic conduction has been frequently observed in multifunctional semiconductors, pointing out an unconventional way to develop electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Among them, ZnO and Li-doped ZnO (LZO) have shown great potential. In this study, to further improve the electrolyte capability of LZO, a typical ionic conductor Sm0.2Ce0.8O1.9 (SDC) is introduced to form semiconductor-ionic composites with LZO. The designed LZO-SDC composites with various mass ratios are successfully demonstrated in SOFCs at low operating temperatures, exhibiting a peak power density of 713 mW cm−2 and high open circuit voltages (OCVs) of 1.04 V at 550 °C by the best-performing sample 5LZO-5SDC, which is superior to that of simplex LZO electrolyte SOFC. Our electrochemical and electrical analysis reveals that the composite samples have attained enhanced ionic conduction as compared to pure LZO and SDC, reaching a remarkable ionic conductivity of 0.16 S cm−1 at 550 °C, and shows hybrid H+/O2− conducting capability with predominant H+ conduction. Further investigation in terms of interface inspection manifests that oxygen vacancies are enriched at the hetero-interface between LZO and SDC, which gives rise to the high ionic conductivity of 5LZO-5SDC. Our study thus suggests the tremendous potentials of semiconductor ionic materials and indicates an effective way to develop fast ionic transport in electrolytes for low-temperature SOFCs.


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