TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparative study of surface segregation and interface of La0·6Sr0·4Co0·2Fe0·8O3-δ electrode on GDC and YSZ electrolytes of solid oxide fuel cells
AU - Sun, Yi
AU - He, Shuai
AU - Saunders, Martin
AU - Chen, Kongfa
AU - Shao, Zongping
AU - Jiang, San Ping
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC
PY - 2021/1/6
Y1 - 2021/1/6
N2 - Electrode/electrolyte interface plays a critical role in the performance and stability of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). In the case of La0·6Sr0·4Co0·2Fe0·8O3-δ (LSCF) cathode, it is well known that cathodic polarization promotes the Sr segregation and diffusion towards the LSCF electrode and Y2O3–ZrO2 (YSZ) electrolyte interface, leading to the formation of SrZrO3 secondary phase and the disintegration of LSCF structure at the interface. On the other hand, LSCF is chemically stable with doped ceria electrolytes such as Gd-doped CeO2 (GDC). However, there appears no comparative studies on the intrinsic relationship between the surface segregation, interface reaction and stability of LSCF in YSZ and GDC electrolytes. Here, a comparative study has been carried out on the segregation and interface formation of LSCF on GDC and YSZ electrolyte under identical cathodic polarization conditions at 750 °C and 1000 mAcm−2 using focused ion beam and scanning transmission electron microscopy (FIB-STEM) techniques. Segregation of Sr occurs in the LSCF-GDC system, however, the inertness of GDC electrolyte suppresses the segregation process of Sr species. Instead, surface segregation of B-site Co cation becomes dominant under the cathodic polarization, forming isolated CoOx particles. The results indicate that the existence of chemical catchers such as Zr in the case of YSZ electrolyte for the segregated Sr species is kinetically the driving force for the Sr segregation and stability of LSCF electrodes under SOFC operation conditions.
AB - Electrode/electrolyte interface plays a critical role in the performance and stability of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). In the case of La0·6Sr0·4Co0·2Fe0·8O3-δ (LSCF) cathode, it is well known that cathodic polarization promotes the Sr segregation and diffusion towards the LSCF electrode and Y2O3–ZrO2 (YSZ) electrolyte interface, leading to the formation of SrZrO3 secondary phase and the disintegration of LSCF structure at the interface. On the other hand, LSCF is chemically stable with doped ceria electrolytes such as Gd-doped CeO2 (GDC). However, there appears no comparative studies on the intrinsic relationship between the surface segregation, interface reaction and stability of LSCF in YSZ and GDC electrolytes. Here, a comparative study has been carried out on the segregation and interface formation of LSCF on GDC and YSZ electrolyte under identical cathodic polarization conditions at 750 °C and 1000 mAcm−2 using focused ion beam and scanning transmission electron microscopy (FIB-STEM) techniques. Segregation of Sr occurs in the LSCF-GDC system, however, the inertness of GDC electrolyte suppresses the segregation process of Sr species. Instead, surface segregation of B-site Co cation becomes dominant under the cathodic polarization, forming isolated CoOx particles. The results indicate that the existence of chemical catchers such as Zr in the case of YSZ electrolyte for the segregated Sr species is kinetically the driving force for the Sr segregation and stability of LSCF electrodes under SOFC operation conditions.
KW - Cathodic polarization
KW - Chemical catchers
KW - Co segregation
KW - LSCF electrode/GDC electrolyte Interface
KW - Solid oxide fuel cells
KW - Sr segregation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094958351&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.113
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.113
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85094958351
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 46
SP - 2606
EP - 2616
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 2
ER -
