A highly scalable spray coating technique for electrode infiltration: Barium carbonate infiltrated La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ perovskite structured electrocatalyst with demonstrated long term durability

Hong, Tao; Lee, Shiwoo; Ohodnicki, Paul; Brinkman, Kyle

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.08.091

A highly scalable spray coating technique for electrode infiltration: Barium carbonate infiltrated La_0.6Sr_0.4Co_0.2Fe_0.8O_3-δ perovskite structured electrocatalyst with demonstrated long term durability

Journal Article · Fri Sep 08 04:00:00 EDT 2017 · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.08.091· OSTI ID:1482349

Hong, Tao ^[1]; Lee, Shiwoo ^[2]; Ohodnicki, Paul ^[3]; ^[1]

Clemson Univ., SC (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States); AECOM, Morgantown, WV (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States); Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Barium carbonate (BaCO₃) nanoparticles have demonstrated excellent catalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction by spray coating onto La_0.6Sr_0.4Co_0.2Fe_0.8O_3-δ (LSCF) and LSCF-SDC (Sm_0.2Ce_0.8O_2-δ) cathode materials. In this work, barium acetate solutions were modified by a surfactant to lower the surface tension and decrease the contact angle on LSCF which is a benefit for the infiltration process. In the LSCF electrode, BaCO₃ nano-particles exhibited significant interfacial contact with LSCF particles by the spray coating technique. As a result, the polarization resistance of BaCO₃ infiltrated LSCF was reduced from 2.5 to 1.2 Ωcm² at 700 °C. In addition, commercial full cell SOFCs with BaCO₃ infiltrated LSCF-SDC cathodes also demonstrated higher performance due to the reduced cathode resistance. At 750 °C, the electrode overpotential of the BaCO3 infiltrated cell was much lower than that of baseline cell during long term testing (500 hours). The polarization resistance of the BaCO₃ infiltrated LSCF-SDC electrode only increased by 1.6% after 500 hours. This work demonstrated a highly scalable spray coating process of a promising electrocatalyst (BaCO₃) with excellent long-term stability for the oxygen reduction reaction.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1482349

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1549926

Journal Information:: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal Name: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Journal Issue: 39 Vol. 42; ISSN 0360-3199

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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