title: An A-site-deficient perovskite offers high activity and stability for low-temperature solid-oxide fuel cells.
abstract: Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) directly convert fossil and/or renewable fuels into electricity and/or high-quality heat in an environmentally friendly way. However, high operating temperatures result in high cost and material issues, which have limited the commercialization of SOFCs. To lower their operating temperatures, highly active and stable cathodes are required to maintain a reasonable power output. Here, we report a layer-structured A-site deficient perovskite Sr0.95 Nb0.1 Co0.9 O3-δ (SNC0.95) prepared by solid-state reactions that shows not only high activity towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at operating temperatures below 600 °C, but also offers excellent structural stability and compatibility, and improved CO2 resistivity. An anode-supported fuel cell with SNC0.95 cathode delivers a peak power density as high as 1016 mW cm(-2) with an electrode-area-specific resistance of 0.052 Ω cm(2) at 500 °C.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing 210009 (PR China).
authors.forename: Yinlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhi-Gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shanshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Zongping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D009556:Niobium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013324:Strontium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D017610:Calcium Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D009556:Niobium; C059910:perovskite; D003035:Cobalt; D014025:Titanium; D013324:Strontium
keywords: cathodes; fuel cells; oxygen reduction reaction; perovskites; solid-state reactions