In Situ Photoelectron and Soft X-ray Emission Spectroscopy Measurements of LaxSr1-xMnO3 Thin Film Cathodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kee-Chul Chang ◽  
Brian Ingram ◽  
Paul Salvador ◽  
Bilge Yildiz ◽  
Hoydoo You

ABSTRACTWe will briefly review in situ synchrotron x-ray investigation of model thin film cathode systems for solid oxide fuel cells. The film cathodes examined in this study are (La,Sr)MnO3_δ (LSM), (La,Sr)CoO3_δ (LSC), and La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ (LSCF) thin films epitaxially grown on YSZ single crystal substrates by the pulse laser deposition technique. We find in all cases that Sr is enriched or segregated to the surface of the film cathodes. We concluded that the Sr enrichments or segregations are mainly the results of annealing because they do not depend on whether the cathodes are electrochemically biased or not during annealing. However, at least in the case of LSCF, we find that B-site Co segregates rather uniformly to the surface and the segregation responds sensitively and reversibly to the electrochemical bias.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 16-00177-16-00177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirofumi SUMI ◽  
Hiroyuki SHIMADA ◽  
Kazuhisa SATO ◽  
Toshiyuki HASHIDA

Surfaces ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Giannici ◽  
Giuliano Gregori ◽  
Alessandro Longo ◽  
Alessandro Chiara ◽  
Joachim Maier ◽  
...  

We describe a novel electrochemical cell for X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) experiments during electrical polarization suitable for high-temperature materials such as those used in solid oxide fuel cells. A half-cell LSCF/YSZ was then investigated under cathodic and anodic conditions (850 °C and applied electrical bias ranging from +1 V to −1 V in air). The in situ XAS measurements allowed us to follow the LSCF degradation into simple oxides. The rapid deterioration of LSCF is ascribed to the formation of excess of oxygen vacancies leading to the collapse of the mixed perovskite structure.


2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (16) ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Yang ◽  
E. Strelcov ◽  
A. Belianinov ◽  
A. Tebano ◽  
V. Foglietti ◽  
...  

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