Mengzheng Ouyang
Model-guided design of a high performance and durability Ni nanofiber/ceria matrix solid oxide fuel cell electrode
Ouyang, Mengzheng; Bertei, Antonio; Cooper, Samuel J.; Wu, Yufei; Boldrin, Paul; Liu, Xinhua; Kishimoto, Masashi; Wang, Huizhi; Naylor Marlow, Max; Chen, Jingyi; Chen, Xiaolong; Xia, Yuhua; Wu, Billy; Brandon, Nigel P.
Authors
Antonio Bertei
Samuel J. Cooper
Yufei Wu
Paul Boldrin
Xinhua Liu
Masashi Kishimoto
Huizhi Wang
Max Naylor Marlow
Jingyi Chen
XIAOLONG CHEN XIAOLONG.CHEN@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Assistant Professor in Sustainable Engineering
Yuhua Xia
Billy Wu
Nigel P. Brandon
Abstract
Mixed ionic electronic conductors (MIECs) have attracted increasing attention as anode materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and they hold great promise for lowering the operation temperature of SOFCs. However, there has been a lack of understanding of the performance-limiting factors and guidelines for rational design of composite metal-MIEC electrodes. Using a newly-developed approach based on 3D-tomography and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, here for the first time we quantify the contribution of the dual-phase boundary (DPB) relative to the three-phase boundary (TPB) reaction pathway on real MIEC electrodes. A new design strategy is developed for Ni/gadolinium doped ceria (CGO) electrodes (a typical MIEC electrode) based on the quantitative analyses and a novel Ni/CGO fiber–matrix structure is proposed and fabricated by combining electrospinning and tape-casting methods using commercial powders. With only 11.5 vol% nickel, the designer Ni/CGO fiber–matrix electrode shows 32% and 67% lower polarization resistance than a nano-Ni impregnated CGO scaffold electrode and conventional cermet electrode respectively. The results in this paper demonstrate quantitatively using real electrode structures that enhancing DPB and hydrogen kinetics are more efficient strategies to enhance electrode performance than simply increasing TPB.
Citation
Ouyang, M., Bertei, A., Cooper, S. J., Wu, Y., Boldrin, P., Liu, X., …Brandon, N. P. (2021). Model-guided design of a high performance and durability Ni nanofiber/ceria matrix solid oxide fuel cell electrode. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 56, 98-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.07.026
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 14, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 21, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2021-05 |
Deposit Date | Aug 3, 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Energy Chemistry |
Print ISSN | 2095-4956 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 56 |
Pages | 98-112 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.07.026 |
Keywords | Electrochemistry; Energy (miscellaneous); Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Fuel Technology |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/23787581 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095495620305210 |
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