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Title: Improving intermediate temperature performance of Ni-YSZ cermet anodes for solid oxide fuel cells by liquid infiltration of nickel nanoparticles

Abstract

Liquid infiltration of NiO followed by reduction to form Ni nanoparticle catalysts in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) can produce a high density of electrochemical reaction sites. In recent years, electrode architectures utilizing porous oxide substrates with ionic conductivity or mixed ionic-electronic conductivity and connected networks of nickel produced by liquid infiltration have become a popular approach to improve SOFC anode catalytic performance, especially for operating temperatures less than 800°C. However, infiltrated nickel structures suffer from poor durability, demonstrating significant loss in performance during the first 100 hours of use. In contrast, traditional Ni-yttria stabilized zirconia (Ni-YSZ) cermet SOFC anodes exhibit long-term performance stability. However, Ni-YSZ cermet anodes have micron sized structures, and consequently have a significantly lower density of electrochemical reaction site density than infiltrated nickel structures, which have dimensions of around 100 nm. In this study, the performance impact of liquid phase infiltration of nickel nanoparticles into Ni-YSZ cermet anode supported SOFCs is studied by measuring the electrochemical behavior of infiltrated cells at 800°C, 700°C, and 600°C, and comparing them to the performance of an uninfiltrated cell. Durability of the nanoparticles after electrochemical testing is also assessed using a method for quantifying particle statistics from fracture cross sections.

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  1. Boston Univ., MA (United States)
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Boston Univ., MA (United States)
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1833268
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OSTI ID: 1495303
Grant/Contract Number:  
FE0026096
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Power Sources
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 396; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; Solid oxide fuel cellInfiltration; Nickel nanoparticle; Triple phase boundary density; Ni-YSZ cermet

Citation Formats

Lu, Yanchen, Gasper, Paul, Pal, Uday B., Gopalan, Srikanth, and Basu, Soumendra N. Improving intermediate temperature performance of Ni-YSZ cermet anodes for solid oxide fuel cells by liquid infiltration of nickel nanoparticles. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.027.
Lu, Yanchen, Gasper, Paul, Pal, Uday B., Gopalan, Srikanth, & Basu, Soumendra N. Improving intermediate temperature performance of Ni-YSZ cermet anodes for solid oxide fuel cells by liquid infiltration of nickel nanoparticles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.027
Lu, Yanchen, Gasper, Paul, Pal, Uday B., Gopalan, Srikanth, and Basu, Soumendra N. Thu . "Improving intermediate temperature performance of Ni-YSZ cermet anodes for solid oxide fuel cells by liquid infiltration of nickel nanoparticles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.027. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1833268.
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title = {Improving intermediate temperature performance of Ni-YSZ cermet anodes for solid oxide fuel cells by liquid infiltration of nickel nanoparticles},
author = {Lu, Yanchen and Gasper, Paul and Pal, Uday B. and Gopalan, Srikanth and Basu, Soumendra N.},
abstractNote = {Liquid infiltration of NiO followed by reduction to form Ni nanoparticle catalysts in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) can produce a high density of electrochemical reaction sites. In recent years, electrode architectures utilizing porous oxide substrates with ionic conductivity or mixed ionic-electronic conductivity and connected networks of nickel produced by liquid infiltration have become a popular approach to improve SOFC anode catalytic performance, especially for operating temperatures less than 800°C. However, infiltrated nickel structures suffer from poor durability, demonstrating significant loss in performance during the first 100 hours of use. In contrast, traditional Ni-yttria stabilized zirconia (Ni-YSZ) cermet SOFC anodes exhibit long-term performance stability. However, Ni-YSZ cermet anodes have micron sized structures, and consequently have a significantly lower density of electrochemical reaction site density than infiltrated nickel structures, which have dimensions of around 100 nm. In this study, the performance impact of liquid phase infiltration of nickel nanoparticles into Ni-YSZ cermet anode supported SOFCs is studied by measuring the electrochemical behavior of infiltrated cells at 800°C, 700°C, and 600°C, and comparing them to the performance of an uninfiltrated cell. Durability of the nanoparticles after electrochemical testing is also assessed using a method for quantifying particle statistics from fracture cross sections.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.027},
journal = {Journal of Power Sources},
number = ,
volume = 396,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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