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La/Ba-based cobaltites as IT-SOFC cathodes: a discussion about the effect of crystal structure and microstructure on the O 2 -reduction reaction
- Source :
- Electrochimica Acta. 215:637-646
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- This work discusses the effect of the crystal structure and microstructure on the electrocatalytic activity of Lanthanum-Barium cobaltite (LBC), evaluatedas IT-SOFC cathode. Two systems with similar microstructures (particle sizes dp 1?5 mm) are used to compare the effect of the crystal structure: the cubic La0.5Ba0.5CoO3-d with La/Ba cations randomly distributed, and a tetragonal LaBaCo2O6-d with La/Ba layered distribution. In addition, the effect of microstructure is studied by using a newsol-gel route which allows obtaining LaBaCo2O6-d with smallest particle size (dp 500 nm). The electrode reactionisstudied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) as a function of temperature (T) and oxygen partial pressure (pO2). The electrode polarization resistance (RC,P) presents two contributions, a low frequency (RLF) and a high frequency Gerischer-resistance (RG). On one side, RLF, associated to the O2-gas diffusion across the gas layer boundary, presents low activation energy (Ea) and is proportional to pO2 -1,presenting the same values regardless the microstructure.On the other side, RG is in agreement with an O2-reduction mechanism co-limited by O-surface exchange and O-bulk diffusion. RG is strongly influenced by structure (trough the diffusion coefficient DV) and microstructure (inversely proportional to dp). Besides, RG decreases by reducing dp and by modifying the La/Ba ordering from layered to randomly distributed. Fil: Garcés, Diana Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Constituyentes; Argentina Fil: Soldati, Analía Leticia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Troiani, Horacio Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Montenegro Hernandez, Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Caneiro, Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Mogni, Liliana Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina
- Subjects :
- LBC
IT-SOFC
PEROVSKITE
Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
Analytical chemistry
Mineralogy
O2 reduction
INGENIERÍAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS
02 engineering and technology
Crystal structure
Cerámicos
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Microstructure
01 natural sciences
Cathode
0104 chemical sciences
law.invention
law
Ingeniería de los Materiales
Electrochemistry
0210 nano-technology
O2-REDUCTION REACTION
Perovskite (structure)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00134686
- Volume :
- 215
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Electrochimica Acta
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6eb607807e7bd2f61cf29a623121706e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.08.132