Enhanced oxygen reduction activity and solid oxide fuel cell performance with a nanoparticles-loaded cathode.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Reluctant oxygen-reduction-reaction (ORR) activity has been a long-standing challenge limiting cell performance for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) in both centralized and distributed power applications. We report here that this challenge has been tackled with coloading of (La,Sr)MnO3 (LSM) and Y2O3 stabilized zirconia (YSZ) nanoparticles within a porous YSZ framework. This design dramatically improves ORR activity, enhances fuel cell output (200-300% power improvement), and enables superior stability (no observed degradation within 500 h of operation) from 600 to 800 °C. The improved performance is attributed to the intimate contacts between nanoparticulate YSZ and LSM particles in the three-phase boundaries in the cathode.
Medical subject headings
- Electric Power Supplies
- Electrodes
- Energy Transfer
- Metal Nanoparticles
- Zirconium