Study of the oxygen reduction reaction on pure and Zr-doped YMnO3+δ SOFC electrode

The effect of Zr-doping on the novel SOFC cathode YMnO3 and its O2-Reduction Reaction (ORR) was studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) as a function of temperature (500 < T < 800 °C) and the oxygen partial pressure (10−4 < pO2 < 1 atm). EIS technique allows identifyin...

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Autores: Moreno Botello, Zulma L., Montenegro Hernández, Alejandra, Mogni, Liliana Verónica, Gauthier, Gilles H.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/181748
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/181748
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CATHODE, ZR-DOPED YTTRIUM MANGANITE
ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY
SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS
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Sumario:The effect of Zr-doping on the novel SOFC cathode YMnO3 and its O2-Reduction Reaction (ORR) was studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) as a function of temperature (500 < T < 800 °C) and the oxygen partial pressure (10−4 < pO2 < 1 atm). EIS technique allows identifying three processes controlling the ORR for each electrode, differentiated by their characteristic frequency, activation energies and pO2 dependence. High frequency contribution, only observed at 600°C for both electrodes, was attributed to oxygen ion transfer trough the electrode/electrolyte interface. In both electrodes, the Intermediate frequency contribution was described by a Gerischer impedance, related to a co-limiting process between oxygen ion diffusion and a surface process. However, whereas the EIS characteristics for YMnO3 can be explained by a surface process controlled by the electron transfer from oxide to O-adsorbed, it seems related for Y0.9Zr0.1MnO3 to the probability of finding a second free-surface site near to a diatomic intermediated for the O2 dissociation. These differences are in agreement with the improvement of the electrical properties when YMnO3 is doped with Zr. The low frequency contribution became important as pO2 decreased and temperature increased, and its characteristics would indicate a secondary surface process, co-limited with O2 gas diffusion for Y0.9Zr0.1MnO3 porous electrode.