Carbonate dual-phase improves the performance of single-layer fuel cell made from mixed ionic and semiconductor composite
| Autor: | Muhammad Asghar, Xueli Yao, Peter Lund, A.-M. Reinecke, Sami Jouttijärvi, Jarkko Etula, W. Lippmann |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Materials science
lcsh:TJ807-830 Oxide lcsh:Renewable energy sources Ionic bonding chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology Conductivity 7. Clean energy Nanocomposites Potassium carbonate chemistry.chemical_compound Ionic conductivity 0502 economics and business lcsh:TK1001-1841 Alkali carbonate mixture 050207 economics 05 social sciences Lithium carbonate General Medicine 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology lcsh:Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants. Central stations chemistry Chemical engineering Carbonate Lithium 0210 nano-technology Single-layer fuel cell |
| Zdroj: | BMC Energy, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2524-4469 |
| Popis: | A mixed ionic and semiconducting composite in a single-layer configuration has been shown to work as a fuel cell at a lower temperature (500–600 °C) than a traditional solid-oxide fuel cell. The performance of a single-layer fuel cell (SLFC) is often limited by high resistive losses. Here, a eutectic mixture of alkali-carbonates was added to SLFC to improve the ionic conductivity. The dual-phase composite ionic conductor consisted of a ternary carbonate (sodium lithium potassium carbonate, NLKC) mixed with gadolinium-doped cerium oxide (GDC). Lithium nickel zinc oxide (LNZ) was used as the semiconducting material. The LNZ-GDC-NLKC SLFC reached a high power density, 582 mW/cm2 (conductivity 0.22 S/cm) at 600 °C, which is 30 times better than without the carbonate. The best results were obtained with the ternary carbonate which decreased the ohmic losses of the cell by more than 95%, whereas the SLFC with a binary carbonate (sodium lithium carbonate, NLC) showed a lower conductivity and performance (243 mW/cm2, 0.17 S/cm at 600 °C). It is concluded that adding carbonates to LNZ-GDC will improve the ionic conductivity and positively contribute to the cell performance. These results suggest a potential path for further development of SLFCs, but also imply the need for efforts on up-scaling and stability to produce practical applications with SLFC. |
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