Novel, cobalt-free, and highly active Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5?xSnxO6?? cathode materials for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells

By He, Beibei; Gong, Cheng; Wang, Zhenbin; Jia, Lichao; Zhao, Ling
Published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy NULL 2017

Abstract

Abstract One of the technical hurdles to commercialization of intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs) is the requirement of highly efficient cathode materials. Herein, we report the evaluation of Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5?xSnxO6?? (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5, abbreviated as SFM, SFMS1, SFMS3, and SFS) oxides as cobalt-free cathode materials of IT-SOFCs. {XPS} analysis demonstrates the presence of variable valences among Fe, Mo and Sn elements, suggesting a small polaron hopping mechanism for electronic conduction. First principle calculations reveal that {SFMS3} provides the lowest average formation energy of oxygen vacancy (EvacO*) among these perovskites. The relatively low area specific resistances are obtained with {SFMS3} electrode based on La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.8Mg0.2O3?? electrolytes, indicating its high activity for oxygen reduction reaction. Power density of the single cell using {SFMS3} cathode as high as 618 mW cm?2 at 800

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