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In3+-doped Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ cathode with improved performance for an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell

Show Author's Information Yumei Ma1,§,  Lijie Zhang2,§,  Kang Zhu2,  Binze Zhang2,  Ranran Peng2,  Changrong Xia2( ),  Ling Huang1( )
State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources, College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

§ Yumei Ma and Lijie Zhang contributed equally to this work.

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cathode, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), solid oxide fuel cell, In3+ doping, Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ
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Ma Y, Zhang L, Zhu K, et al. In3+-doped Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ cathode with improved performance for an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell. Nano Research, 2024, 17(1): 407-415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6338-y
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Promoting the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical for commercialization of intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs), where Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ (SFM) is a promising cathode by working as a mixed ionic and electronic conductor. In this work, doping of In3+ greatly increases the oxygen vacancy concentration and the content of adsorbed oxygen species in Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5−xInxO6−δ (SFMInx), and thus effectively promotes the ORR performance. As a typical example, SFMIn0.1 reduces the polarization resistance (Rp) from 0.089 to 0.046 Ω∙cm2 at 800 °C, which is superior to those doped with other metal elements. In addition, SFMIn0.1 increases the peak power density from 0.92 to 1.47 W∙cm−2 at 800 °C with humidified H2 as the fuel, indicating that In3+ doping at the Mo site can effectively improve the performance of SOFC cathode material.


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In3+-doped Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ cathode with improved performance for an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell

Show Author's information Yumei Ma1,§, Lijie Zhang2,§, Kang Zhu2, Binze Zhang2, Ranran Peng2, Changrong Xia2( ), Ling Huang1( )
State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources, College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

§ Yumei Ma and Lijie Zhang contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Promoting the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical for commercialization of intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs), where Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ (SFM) is a promising cathode by working as a mixed ionic and electronic conductor. In this work, doping of In3+ greatly increases the oxygen vacancy concentration and the content of adsorbed oxygen species in Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5−xInxO6−δ (SFMInx), and thus effectively promotes the ORR performance. As a typical example, SFMIn0.1 reduces the polarization resistance (Rp) from 0.089 to 0.046 Ω∙cm2 at 800 °C, which is superior to those doped with other metal elements. In addition, SFMIn0.1 increases the peak power density from 0.92 to 1.47 W∙cm−2 at 800 °C with humidified H2 as the fuel, indicating that In3+ doping at the Mo site can effectively improve the performance of SOFC cathode material.

Keywords: cathode, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), solid oxide fuel cell, In3+ doping, Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ

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Received: 04 September 2023
Revised: 07 November 2023
Accepted: 07 November 2023
Published: 29 December 2023
Issue date: January 2024

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We gratefully acknowledge the Autonomous Region Key Research Project (No. 2022D02D31) and the Graduate Education Innovation Project (No. XJ2022G046). We acknowledge the Supercomputing Center of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) for providing computational resources.

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