Oxygen reduction mechanism of NdBaCo2O5+δ cathode for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells under cathodic polarization

Haitao Gu, Han Chen, Ling Gao, Yifeng Zheng, Xiaofang Zhu, Lucun Guo

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Abstract

The oxygen reduction reaction mechanism of NdBaCo2O5+δ cathode for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells was investigated by the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy under cathodic polarization. The Nyquist diagrams showed the different changes with the applied cathodic voltage at three temperature ranges: at 500 and 550 °C, at 600 °C, at 650 and 700 °C, which might be related to the changes in the charge transfer and/or oxygen diffusion processes including O2 adsorption/desorption. Besides, the diffusion process was more easily affected by the increase of applied cathodic voltages than the charge transfer process, which was ascribed to the low activation energy of the diffusion process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2416-2420
Number of pages5
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume34
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2009

Keywords

  • Cathodic polarization
  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  • Oxygen reduction reaction
  • Solid oxide fuel cells

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