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Robust Joule-heating ceramic reactors for catalytic CO oxidation
Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2022, 11(7): 1163-1171
Published: 27 May 2022
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Joule-heating reactors have the higher energy efficiency and product selectivity compared with the reactors based on radiative heating. Current Joule-heating reactors are constructed with electrically-conductive metals or carbon materials, and therefore suffer from stability issue due to the presence of corrosive or oxidizing gases during high-temperature reactions. In this study, chemically-stable and electrically-conductive (La0.80Sr0.20)0.95FeO3 (LSF)/Gd0.1Ce0.9O2 (GDC) ceramics have been used to construct Joule-heating reactors for the first time. Taking the advantage of the resistance decrease of the ceramic reactors with temperature increase, the ceramic reactors heated under current control mode achieved the automatic adjustment of heating to stabilize reactor temperatures. In addition, the electrical resistance of LSF/GDC reactors can be tuned by the content of the high-conductive LSF in composite ceramics and ceramic density via sintering temperature, which offers flexibility to control reactor temperatures. The ceramic reactors with dendritic channels (less than 100 µm in diameter) showed the catalytic activity for CO oxidation, which was further improved by coating efficient MnO2 nanocatalyst on reactor channel wall. The Joule-heating ceramic reactors achieved complete CO oxidation at a low temperature of 165 ℃. Therefore, robust ceramic reactors have successfully demonstrated effective Joule heating for CO oxidation, which are potentially applied in other high-temperature catalytic reactions.

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Factors influencing Li+ migration in garnet-type ceramic electrolytes
Journal of Materiomics 2019, 5(2): 214-220
Published: 20 December 2018
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Garnet-type ceramic electrolyte with exceptionally high Li+ conductivity has attracted wide interests for the development of safe electrochemical devices. However, the factors affecting the ionic migration still deserve more attentions. In this study, five garnet-types ceramic electrolyte were chosen to investigate the factors. The thermal behavior of garnet-type electrolyte during sintering was studied to achieve high conductivity. The electrochemical properties are correlated with crystal structure, migrating route and lattice parameters. Nine influening factors were discussed to analyze the ionic migration in garnet-type ceramic electrolyte.

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