Powering Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Syngas Using La0.4Sr0.5Ba0.1TiO3 Anode Infitrated with Nano‐composite

Authors
  • J.-L. Luo
Publication date 04-2019
Journal FUEL CELLS
Volume | Issue number 19 | 2
Pages (from-to) 141-146
Number of pages 6
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract
La0.4Sr0.5Ba0.1TiO3 (LSBT) is a promising anode candidate with perovskite structure, due to its excellent chemical stability even in sour hydrocarbons. Infiltrating nano‐composite catalysts into the perovskite substrate can further enhance the electrochemical activity without undermining the robustness of the anode in light hydrocarbon fuels. This paper focuses on developing a new LSBT anode with enhanced catalytic performance and chemical stability in syngas and hydrogen fuel by infiltrating the substrate with Cu+Co and CeO2+Cu+Co nano‐composite catalysts. It was found that CeO2+Cu+Co significantly improved the chemical and thermal stabilities of the anode. However, an excess of infiltration reduced the active sites. The SOFC cell with the LSBT anode, which was infiltrated with 9.0 wt.% CeO2 + 3.6 wt.% Cu + 5.4 wt.% Co, exhibited much improved electrochemical performance in syngas environments.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1002/fuce.201800154
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