Anodic Layers Based on Doped-Ceria/Ni Cermet for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells

Autor: da Silva, Andressa A. A., Tabuti, Francisco N., Matos, Lisiane V., Steil, Marlu C., Noronha, Fabio B., Fonseca, Fabio C
Zdroj: ECS Transactions; May 2017, Vol. 78 Issue: 1
Abstrakt: Ceria-based/Ni cermets were studied as the catalytic layer deposited onto the standard yttria-stabilized zirconia/Ni anode for direct ethanol solid oxide fuel cells. The influence of the dopant on both Zr- and Nb-doped (10 mol%) ceria and pure ceria was investigated on the properties of cermets with Ni ~15% volume fraction. Electrolyte-supported fuel cells with ceria-based/Ni catalytic layer were tested for ~100 hours under (dry) ethanol. Fuel cells using the different ceria/Ni cermets showed excellent stability on ethanol, irrespectively of the different properties of the ceramic phase of the catalytic layer. Fuel cells results confirmed that the studied ceria-based cermets are stable catalysts towards ethanol steam reforming.
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