An effective approach to protect the Sm0.5Sr0.5Co3-delta (SSC) cathode from SO2 in SOFCs

作者：Gao, Keqing; Liu, Xiaotian; Wang, Zhuang; Liang, Chenghao; Xiong, Yueping^*

来源：RSC Advances, 2016, 6(48): 42447-42451.

DOI：10.1039/c6ra05309b

• OXIDE FUEL-CELLS
• DOPED LAGAO3 PEROVSKITE
• ION CONDUCTOR
• PERFORMANCE
• DURABILITY
• ELECTRODE
• SMCOO3
• CO

An issue associated with the use of Sm0.5Sr0.5Co3-delta (SSC) as the cathode in SOFCs is the unexpected reactions between Sm or/and Sr and SO2 from ambient air, forming a passivated layer on the surface of the SSC cathode and thus lowering the durability of the SSC cathode. Here, we develop four types of SSC cathode (SSC-particles, SSC-particles with Mg/Fe layer, SSC-nanofibers and SSC-nanofibers with Mg/Fe layer) and carry out four different cell tests with the four kinds of cathode to examine the durability of Sm0.5Sr0.5Co3-delta (SSC) cathode when exposed to ambient air containing SO2. SSC-particles and SSC-nanofibers are prepared by sol-gel method and electrospinning method, and Mg/Fe protective layer is infiltrated into SSC-particles and SSC-nanofibers to form the cathode with Mg/Fe layer, respectively. It is shown that after discharging with the ambient air containing SO2, the microstructure and cathodic polarization resistances of all the four cathode are changed. More impressively, compared with the SSC-particles cathode, the use of the SSC-nanofibers cathode with Mg/Fe layer decreases the decline rate of current up to 50%. The significant improvement in the durability is mainly attributed to the fact that a specific network space of the nanofibers can make the Mg/Fe layer surround and run through the entire cathode, and the Mg/Fe layer will react with SO2 first to protect the cathode. It is suggested that the combination of the nanofiber structure and the Mg/Fe protective layer is an effective approach to protect the SSC cathode from SO2.

• 出版日期2016
• 单位哈尔滨工业大学