Development of cathodes for methanol and ethanol fuelled low temperature (300-600 °C) solid oxide fuel cells

  • Mahmut D. Mat
  • , Xiangrong Liu
  • , Zhigang Zhu
  • , Bin Zhu

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Abstract

We have made extensive efforts to develop various compatible cathode materials for the ceria-carbonate composite (CCC) electrolytes to be used in direct alcohol fuelled solid oxide fuel cells (DLFC). The following cathode materials were mainly investigated: (i) BSCF (BaSrCoFeO) perovskite oxide; (ii) LFN (LaFeO-based oxides, e.g. LaFe0.8Ni0.2O3) perovskite oxides; (iii) bi- or tri-phase metal oxides with or without lithiation. A number of copper- and nickel-based anode composites were also developed for methanol and ethanol with maximum catalytic activity. The tri-metal oxide (CuNiOx-ZnO) cathode produced the maximum power density output of 500 mW / cm- 2 at 580 °C for DLFC with methanol operation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)796-801
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume32
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2007

Keywords

  • Cathode materials
  • Ceria composite electrolyte
  • Direct alcohol fuelling
  • Methanol ethanol
  • Solid oxide fuel cell

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