Microstructural and Electrochemical Study of Charge Transport and Reaction Mechanisms in Ni/YSZ Anode

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作者
Bredikhin, Ivan [1 ]
Sinitsyn, Vitaly [1 ]
Aronin, Alexander [1 ]
Kuritsyna, Irina [1 ]
Bredikhin, Sergey [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Solid State Phys, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia
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SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS 10 (SOFC-X), PTS 1 AND 2 | 2007年 / 7卷 / 01期
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10.1149/1.2729259
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O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
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081704 ;
摘要
The microstructure and chemical changes in the Ni-YSZ heterojunctions were studied by scanning, transmission and high-resolution electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. It was shown that new nano-size Ni grains are formed at Ni-YSZ interface at the cell operation. The following two stage reaction mechanism was proposed for hydrogen oxidation on the nano-size Ni grains: 1. NiO + H-2 double right arrow H2O + Ni; 2. O2-(YSZ) + Ni double right arrow NiO + 2e. This mechanism implies that the SOFC will operate during some time even after switching off the hydrogen flow. We have observed and investigated current-voltage characteristics of SOFC after cutting off the hydrogen pass through anode chamber. Electrochemical properties of SOFC were investigated as a function of Ni volume content for two different geometry of anode current collector. Good correlations of experimentally measured SOFC characteristics with results of numeric calculations were found.
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页码:1533 / 1540
页数:8
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