In-Situ Synthesis of Sm 0.5 Sr 0.5 Co 0.5 O 3-δ @Sm 0.2 Ce 0.8 O 1.9 Composite Oxygen Electrode for Electrolyte-Supported Reversible Solid Oxide Cells (RSOC)

Xiaoxing Yang, He Miao, Baowei Pan, Ming Chen and Jinliang Yuan
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Xiaoxing Yang: Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
He Miao: Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Baowei Pan: Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Ming Chen: Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyndby, Denmark
Jinliang Yuan: Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Oxygen electrode has a crucial impact on the performance of reversible solid oxide cells (RSOC), especially in solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) mode. Herein, Sm 0.5 Sr 0.5 Co 0.5 O 3-δ @Sm 0.2 Ce 0.8 O 1.9 (5SSC@5SDC) composite material has been fabricated by the in-situ synthesis method and applied as the oxygen electrode for RSOCs with scandium stabilized zirconia (SSZ) electrolyte. The phase structures, thermal expansion coefficients, and micromorphologies of 5SSC@5SDC have all been further analyzed and discussed. 5SSC@5SDC is composed of a skeleton with large SDC particles in the diameter range of 200~300 nm and many fine SSC nanoparticles coated on the skeleton. Thanks to the special microstructure of 5SSC@5SDC, the electrolyte-supported RSOC with SSC@SDC oxygen electrode shows a polarization resistance of only 0.69 Ω·cm 2 and a peak power density of 0.49 W·cm −2 at 800 °C with hydrogen as the fuel in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) mode. In addition, the electrolysis current density of RSOC with SSC@SDC can reach 0.40 A·cm −2 at 1.30 V in SOEC model, being much higher than that with the SSC-SDC (SSC and SDC composite prepared by physical mixing). RSOC with 5SSC@5SDC shows an improved stability in SOEC model comparing with that with SSC-SDC. The improved performance indicates that 5SSC@5SDC prepared by the in-situ synthesis may be a promising candidate for RSOC oxygen electrode.

Keywords: in-situ SSC@SDC; oxygen electrode; reversible solid oxide cell (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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