A high-performance intermediate temperature reversible solid oxide cell with a new barrier layer free oxygen electrode

Zhao, Kai; Lu, Jiaxin; Le, Long; Coyle, Chris; Marina, Olga A.; Huang, Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122962

Title: A high-performance intermediate temperature reversible solid oxide cell with a new barrier layer free oxygen electrode

Journal Article · Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 UTC 2024 · Applied Energy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122962 · OSTI ID:2326218

Zhao, Kai ^[1]; Lu, Jiaxin ^[2]; Le, Long ^[3]; Coyle, Chris ^[3]; Marina, Olga A. ^[3]; Huang, Kevin ^[2]

Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States); University of South Carolina
Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

The best solution to address the critical durability issue of solid oxide electrolytic cells (SOECs) for high-efficiency and high-rate H₂ production is to lower the operating temperature without sacrificing the performance. Developing high performance oxygen electrodes (OEs) is a key to capitalizing this solution. Here, in this paper, we report on a highly active OE for intermediate temperature ZrO₂-based SOECs without a CeO₂ barrier layer. The new barrier-layer-free (BLF) OE is a composite of two materials, (Bi_0.75Y_0.25)_0.93Ce_0.07O_1.5±δ (BYC) that exhibits high oxide-ion conductivity and La_0.8Sr_0.2MnO₃ (LSM) that possesses a high electronic conductivity to enable fast oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER). Featuring a microscale porous BYC scaffold decorated with high surface area LSM nanoparticles (NPs), the new BLF-OE exhibited a low area specific resistance (ASR) of 0.10 Ω cm² at 650 °C in air. With 50%H₂-50%H₂O as a feed to hydrogen electrode (HE) and air to OE, the single cell performance achieved 588 mA cm^-2 at 0.80 V in the fuel cell mode and 688 mA cm^-2 at 1.30 V in the electrolytic mode at 650 °C. Our in-house testing showed that this level of performance was ~3.5x higher than the cell with the benchmark La_0.6Sr_0.4Co_0.2Fe_0.8O_3-δ-Ce_0.9Gd_0.1O_2-δ OE. The long-term durability testing under alternating fuel cell and electrolytic modes showed a low degradation rate of 0.10 mA cm^-2 h^-1 over 550 hours. These encouraging results showed the great promise of the newly developed BYC-LSM to be an excellent OE candidate for intermediate temperature SOECs.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States); University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; EE0008842; FE0032111

OSTI ID:: 2326218

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--192579

Journal Information:: Applied Energy, Journal Name: Applied Energy Vol. 361; ISSN 0306-2619

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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