Manipulating Nb-doped SrFeO <sub>3− </sub><sub><em>δ </em></sub>with excellent performance for proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells
<p dir="ltr">Nb-doped SrFeO<sub>3−</sub><sub><em>δ</em></sub> (SFO) is used as a cathode in proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (H-SOFCs). First-principles calculations show that the SrFe<sub>0.9</sub>Nb<sub>0.1</sub>O&...
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| Summary: | <p dir="ltr">Nb-doped SrFeO<sub>3−</sub><sub><em>δ</em></sub> (SFO) is used as a cathode in proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (H-SOFCs). First-principles calculations show that the SrFe<sub>0.9</sub>Nb<sub>0.1</sub>O<sub>3−</sub><sub><em>δ</em></sub> (SFNO) cathode has a lower energy barrier in the cathode reaction for H-SOFCs than the Nb-free SrFeO<sub>3−</sub><sub><em>δ</em></sub> cathode. Subsequent experimental studies show that Nb doping substantially enhances the performance of the SrFeO<sub>3−</sub><sub><em>δ</em></sub> cathode. Then, oxygen vacancies (V<sub>O</sub>) were introduced into SFNO using the microwave sintering method, further improving the performance of the SFNO cathode. The mechanism behind the performance improvement owing to V<sub>O</sub> was revealed using first-principles calculations, with further optimization of the SFNO cathode achieved by developing a suitable wet chemical synthesis route to prepare nanosized SFNO materials. This method significantly reduces the grain size of SFNO compared with the conventional solid-state reaction method, although the solid-state reaction method is generally used for preparing Nb-containing oxides. As a result of defect engineering and synthesis approaches, the SFNO cathode achieved an attractive fuel cell performance, attaining an output of 1764 mW·cm<sup>−2</sup> at 700 °C and operating for more than 200 h. The manipulation of Nb-doped SrFeO<sub>3−</sub><sub><em>δ</em></sub> can be seen as a “one stone, two birds” strategy, enhancing cathode performance while retaining good stability, thus providing an interesting approach for constructing high-performance cathodes for H-SOFCs.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Advanced Ceramics<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.26599/jac.2024.9220880" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.26599/jac.2024.9220880</a></p> |
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