Electrochemical performance of La2NiO4+δ-Ce0.55La0.45O2-δ as a promising bifunctional oxygen electrode for reversible solid oxide cells

Pengzhang LI; Wei YANG; Chuanjin TIAN; Wenyan ZHAO; Zhe LÜ; Zhipeng XIE; Chang-An WANG

doi:10.1007/s40145-020-0445-y

Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2021, 10(2): 328-337 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-020-0445-y

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Electrochemical performance of La₂NiO_4+δ-Ce_0.55La_0.45O_2-δ as a promising bifunctional oxygen electrode for reversible solid oxide cells

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Pengzhang LI^{^a}(

), Wei YANG^{^a}, Chuanjin TIAN^{^a}, Wenyan ZHAO^{^a}, Zhe LÜ^{^b}, Zhipeng XIE^{^a^,^c}, Chang-An WANG^{^a^,^c}

aSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, China

bSchool of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

cState Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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La₂NiO_4+δ (LNO), oxygen electrode, electrochemical performance, reversible solid oxide cells (RSOCs)

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LI P, YANG W, TIAN C, et al. Electrochemical performance of La₂NiO_4+δ-Ce_0.55La_0.45O_2-δ as a promising bifunctional oxygen electrode for reversible solid oxide cells. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2021, 10(2): 328-337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-020-0445-y

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In this work, La₂NiO_4+δ-xCe_0.55La_0.45O_2-δ (denoted as LNO-xLDC) with various LDC contents (x = 0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 wt%) were prepared and evaluated as bifunctional oxygen electrodes for reversible solid oxide cells (RSOCs). Compared with the pure LNO, the optimum composition of LNO-30LDC exhibited the lowest polarization resistance (R_p) of 0.53 and 0.12 Ω·cm² in air at 650 and 750 ℃, respectively. The enhanced electrochemical performance of LNO-30LDC oxygen electrode was mainly attributed to the extended triple phase boundary and more oxygen ionic transfer channels. The hydrogen electrode supported single cell with LNO-30LDC oxygen electrode displayed peak power densities of 276, 401, and 521 mW·cm^-2 at 700, 750, and 800 ℃, respectively. Moreover, the electrolysis current density of the single cell demonstrated 526.39 mA·cm^-2 under 1.5 V at 800 ℃, and the corresponding hydrogen production rate was 220.03 mL·cm^-2·h^-1. The encouraging results indicated that LNO-30LDC was a promising bifunctional oxygen electrode material for RSOCs.

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Electrochemical performance of La₂NiO_4+δ-Ce_0.55La_0.45O_2-δ as a promising bifunctional oxygen electrode for reversible solid oxide cells

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Pengzhang LI^{^a}(

), Wei YANG^{^a}, Chuanjin TIAN^{^a}, Wenyan ZHAO^{^a}, Zhe LÜ^{^b}, Zhipeng XIE^{^a^,^c}, Chang-An WANG^{^a^,^c}

aSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, China

bSchool of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

cState Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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Keywords: La₂NiO_4+δ (LNO), oxygen electrode, electrochemical performance, reversible solid oxide cells (RSOCs)

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Received: 31 July 2020

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Published: 06 February 2021

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Science and Technology Project of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department (GJJ190734) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51962015).

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