A Niobium and Tantalum Co-doped Perovskite Cathode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Operating Below 500 °C

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2017 Jan 4

PMID 28045088

Citations 6

Authors

Mengran Li

Mingwen Zhao

Feng Li

Wei Zhou

Vanessa K Peterson

Xiaoyong Xu

Zongping Shao

Ian Gentle

Zhonghua Zhu

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Abstract

The slow activity of cathode materials is one of the most significant barriers to realizing the operation of solid oxide fuel cells below 500 °C. Here we report a niobium and tantalum co-substituted perovskite SrCoNbTaO as a cathode, which exhibits high electroactivity. This cathode has an area-specific polarization resistance as low as ∼0.16 and ∼0.68 Ω cm in a symmetrical cell and peak power densities of 1.2 and 0.7 W cm in a GdCeO-based anode-supported fuel cell at 500 and 450 °C, respectively. The high performance is attributed to an optimal balance of oxygen vacancies, ionic mobility and surface electron transfer as promoted by the synergistic effects of the niobium and tantalum. This work also points to an effective strategy in the design of cathodes for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells.

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