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Abstract
A comparative study is performed to investigate the electrochemical performance of the low-temperature ceramic fuel cells (CFCs) utilizing two different novel electrolytes. First, a perovskite semiconductor SrCo0.3Sn0.7O3-δ was used as an electrolyte in CFCs due to its modest ionic conductivity (0.1 S/cm) and demonstrated an acceptable power density of 360 mW/cm2 at 520 °C. The performance of the cell was primarily limited due to the moderate ionic transport in the electrolyte. In order to improve the ionic conductivity, a new strategy of using a novel bi-layer electrolyte concept consist of SrCo0.3Sn0.7O3-δ and CeO2-δ in CFCs. These bi-layers of two electrolytes have successfully established heterojunction which considerably improved the ionic conductivity (0.2 S/cm) and enhance the open-circuit voltage of the cell from 0.98 V to 1.001 V. Moreover, the CFCs utilizing bi-layer electrolyte have produced a remarkable power density of 672 mW/cm2 at 520 °C. This enhancement of ionic conduction, power density and blockage of electron conduction in the bi-layer electrolyte was studied via band alignment mechanism based on proposed p-n heterojunction. Our work presents a promising methodology for developing advanced low-temperature CFC electrolytes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 33969-33977 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 68 |
Early online date | 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2021 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Bi-layer electrolyte
- Built-in electric field
- Ceramic fuel cell
- Semiconductor heterojunction
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Leading-edge next generation fuel cell devices
Asghar, I. (Principal investigator)
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2022
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding