双过渡层阴极对流延法制备的阳极支撑直接碳固体氧化物燃料电池性能的改善作用

采用流延法制备了阳极支撑的固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC),电解质材料为钇稳定化氧化锆(YSZ),阳极为镍和YSZ构成的金属陶瓷(Ni-YSZ),阴极为LSCF-GDC/LSCF复合材料,同时在阴极与电解质之间制备了YSZ-GDC/GDC双过渡层。分别采用含3%的加湿H_2和活性炭为燃料,对此电池的输出性能及阻抗谱进行测试。采用加湿H_2测试的结果表明:在800℃下,采用双过渡层电池的开路电压达到1 V,最大功率密度为680 mW·cm~(-2),比未改良电池的最大功率密度(372 mW·cm~(-2))提高了83%。直接采用固体碳为燃料时,具有双过渡层阴极的电池在850℃时的开路电压达到0.95 V,最大输出功率密度达429 mW·cm~(-2),几乎比无过渡层阴极的电池(225 mW·cm~(-2))高出1倍,特别是双过渡层阴极还使直接使用碳燃料的SOFC(DC-SOFC)的燃料利用率提高了33%。     

Ag-GDC复合电极的性能及其在直接碳SOFC中的应用

制备了Ag与Gd掺杂的氧化铈(GDC)复合的电极材料。采用氧化钇稳定的氧化锆(YSZ)为电解质,Ag-GDC为阴极和阳极,组装成固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC),采用担载5%(质量分数)Fe的活性炭为SOFC的燃料,对此直接碳SOFC(DC-SOFC)的输出性能及阻抗谱进行测试,并与采用传统阴极(掺Sr的锰酸镧与YSZ的复合材料)的DC-SOFC性能进行了比较,发现Ag-GDC具有更好的性能。采用扫描电镜(SEM)对电池的微观结构进行了分析,并就其对电池性能的影响进行了分析。     

固体氧化物燃料电池直接以焦炭为燃料的电性能（英文）

直接碳固体氧化物燃料电池(DC-SOFC)是一种潜在的固体碳燃料高效率、低污染发电技术。本研究报道了将工业焦炭直接用作管式DC-SOFC燃料的研究。制备了电极材料为Ag-GDC(钆掺杂氧化铈)的YSZ(钇稳定化氧化锆)电解质支撑型管式固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC)。采用拉曼光谱、扫描电镜和X射线能谱仪对焦炭燃料进行了性质表征。结果表明,焦炭燃料呈微米级的颗粒状,并含有大量对Boudouard反应有利的缺陷结构。电池以纯焦炭为燃料在850℃取得的最大功率密度为149 mW/cm~2,在碳燃料表面负载能提高Boudouard反应速率的Fe催化剂后,最大功率密度提高至217 mW/cm~2。通过电化学测试和尾气表征,分析了恒电流放电过程中电池的性能衰减机制。测试结果证明了将焦炭直接用作全固态DCSOFC的燃料产生电能的可行性。     

直接氨固体氧化物燃料电池

塑性挤压成型阳极支撑管,采用真空浸涂法在阳极表面制备了均一、致密的氧化钇稳定的氧化锆电解质层,然后在电解质表面刷涂上阴极层,成功制备了阳极支撑型管状固体氧化物燃料电池.分别以氢气和氨气为燃料,考察了该管状固体氧化物燃料电池的电池性能.在800℃操作时,以氢气和氨气为燃料的电池最大输出功率密度分别为202和200 mW/cm2.表明氨气可以作为固体氧化物燃料电池的替代燃料.     

真空注浆法制备YSZ电解质膜管及其在固体氧化物燃料电池中的应用

以吡啶为分散剂,采用真空注浆法制备出膜厚为0.2mm、长度为140mm的致密YSZ电解质膜管。研究了烧结温度对样品致密度和离子导电率的影响.用1650℃烧结2h制备的致密YSZ电解质膜管组装成固体氧化物燃料电池,以氢气和煤气为燃料,研究了电池在500～900℃的电化学性能.实验结果表明,用真空注浆法可制备出高质量和高密度的YSZ电解质膜管,在1600℃烧结后,其相对密度已达到理论密度的98.1%,接近理论密度.单电池的开路电压最大值为1.213V,最大输出功率为0.48W.以氢气为燃料的燃料电池性能明显高于以煤气为燃料的电池性能.     

固体氧化物燃料电池直接以焦炭为燃料的电性能

直接碳固体氧化物燃料电池（DC-SOFC）是一种潜在的固体碳燃料高效率、低污染发电技术。本研究报道了将工业焦炭直接用作管式DC-SOFC燃料的研究。制备了电极材料为Ag-GDC （钆掺杂氧化铈）的YSZ （钇稳定化氧化锆）电解质支撑型管式固体氧化物燃料电池（SOFC）。采用拉曼光谱、扫描电镜和X射线能谱仪对焦炭燃料进行了性质表征。结果表明,焦炭燃料呈微米级的颗粒状,并含有大量对Boudouard反应有利的缺陷结构。电池以纯焦炭为燃料在850℃取得的最大功率密度为149mW/cm²,在碳燃料表面负载能提高Boudouard反应速率的Fe催化剂后,最大功率密度提高至217mW/cm²。通过电化学测试和尾气表征,分析了恒电流放电过程中电池的性能衰减机制。测试结果证明了将焦炭直接用作全固态DC-SOFC的燃料产生电能的可行性。     

银基陶瓷复合电极的电性能及其在固体氧化物燃料电池中的应用

银基陶瓷复合电极可望在中低温固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFCs)、含碳燃料SOFCs和固体氧化物电解池(SOECs)中得到广泛应用。为优选出银基陶瓷复合电极的成分,本研究采用YSZ(钇稳定化氧化锆)电解质,先将Ag-YSZ和Ag-GDC(掺钆氧化铈)材料制备成对称电极,测试其在空气下的阻抗谱,由此判断其作为阴极的性能;发现在相同的Ag含量时, Ag-YSZ的阴极极化电阻普遍低于Ag-GDC;当Ag的质量分数为65%时, Ag-YSZ的极化电阻最低,而对于Ag-GDC, Ag的质量分数是70%。然后采用空气中极化电阻最低的Ag-YSZ和Ag-GDC作为电极制备了SOFC单电池,并采用加湿氢气燃料对电池的电化学性能进行了测试。根据电池的阻抗谱数据,将极化阻抗的数值减去上述阴极阻抗的数值可得到阳极阻抗值,其结果和电池的输出特性均表明, Ag-GDC作为阳极的性能优于Ag-YSZ,即在本实验条件下, Ag-YSZ更适合用作阴极,而Ag-GDC更适合用作阳极。本研究不仅提供了关于银基复合电极材料的有用数据,还提供了一种测试SOFC阳极极化电阻的方法。     

以椰壳生物质炭为燃料的直接炭固体氧化物燃料电池

通过热裂解制得椰壳炭,表征了其结构和组成,并将其用于电解质为钇稳定化氧化锆（YSZ）、电极材料为银和钆掺杂氧化铈（Ag-GDC）的固体氧化物燃料电池（SOFC）的燃料,对所构成的直接炭固体氧化物燃料电池（DC-SOFC）的性能进行了测试研究。结果表明,所制得的椰壳炭颗粒粒径在微米级别,具有介孔结构,而且椰壳炭中含有K、Ca等元素,可用作Boudouard反应催化剂。当使用椰壳炭作为DC-SOFC燃料时,在800 ℃下电池最大功率密度为255 mW/cm²;负载Fe催化剂后,最大功率密度提升为274 mW/cm²。以0.5 A/cm²的恒电流放电,0.5 g负载Fe椰壳炭燃料电池能够连续工作17.6 h,燃料利用率为39%,表明椰壳炭作为DC-SOFC燃料具有优异的性能和潜力。     

微管式固体氧化物燃料电池电解质膜的制备

基于聚合物溶液相分离诱导原理提出了一种新的微管式固体氧化物燃料电池（SOFC）电解质膜制备方法,应用该方法制得了YSZ电解质微管膜,该膜由致密电解质薄层和可制成电极的多孔层组成,其中YSZ致密电解质膜和多孔层厚度分别为3～5μm和70-90μm,而多孔层内表面孔隙率高于28．1％,电解质层和多孔层之间结合紧密,可避免电解质膜开裂或剥落等导致的电池性能降低等问题．该方法具有工艺简单、成本低、可靠性好等优点,为微管式SOFC电解质膜及电池的制备提供了一条新的途径．     

Ni-Fe/SDC电池阳极材料的制备和性能表征

采用硝酸盐-柠檬酸法合成了具有高比表面积的一系列Ni-Fe氧化物和电解质Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9(SDC), 利用上述材料制备出固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC)复合阳极材料Ni-Fe/SDC, 并对其微结构和相关性能进行测试. 结果表明: 该复合阳极材料与电解质SDC具有较高的热匹配性, 以其作为SOFC的阳极, 氢气为燃料, 其单电池表现出优异的性能, 700 ℃电池输出功率密度最高可达90.6 mW•cm−2.     

A verification of the reaction mechanism of direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells

Anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) with Cu–CeO₂–yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) anode, YSZ electrolyte film, and silver cathode were fabricated. The cells were tested with 5 wt% Fe-loaded activated carbon and dry CO, respectively, and their performances were compared to verify the reaction mechanism of direct carbon SOFCs (DC-SOFCs). The corresponding current–voltage curves and impedance characteristics of the cells operating on these two different fuels were found to be almost the same at high temperatures, demonstrating the presumed mechanism that the anode reaction of a DC-SOFC is the electrochemical oxidation of CO, just as in a SOFC operated directly on CO. Some experimental evidences including the difference in open circuit voltage at different temperatures and the operating stability of the cells were analyzed in detail.     

以活性炭为燃料的固体氧化物燃料电池(英文)

采用注浆成型法制备了管状电解质支撑的固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC),电解质材料为YSZ,阳极和阴极材料都采用银.将活性炭不加任何气体直接用作电池的燃料.电池的有效面积为2.5cm2,在800℃时给出最大功率为16mW,其开路电压随温度的变化与理论结果一致.此电池在30mA的恒电流下连续稳定运行了37h,通过电化学反应消耗了加入电池中碳燃料的42%(w),证明了电池的工作是可以自维持的.与使用石墨燃料的SOFC相比,此电池的运行稳定性得到了明显的提高,因为活性炭比石墨具有大得多的微孔率和表面积.电池运行37h后很快衰减,燃料烧结和燃料量减少造成碳表面积减小可能是衰减的主要原因.电化学阻抗谱测试结果表明电池的极化电阻在电池的总损耗中占主导.通过对电池反应机理进行分析,认为发生在阳极/电解质界面的CO电化学氧化反应和发生在碳燃料表面的Boudouard反应构成的循环维持了电池的运行,因此通过添加促进上述两个反应的催化剂,可提高电池的性能.     

可用作便携式电源的高性能直接碳固体氧化物燃料电池组

A direct carbon solid oxide fuel cell (DC-SOFC) stack was prepared with 3 tubular cells electrically connected in series. To increase carbon storage in the stack, the anode was fabricated outside the tubular cells so that carbon fuel can be loaded at the exterior of the stack, which is more spacious than the interior. The 3-cell-stack is operated directly with carbon as the fuel and oxygen in ambient air as the oxidant. With a total effective area of 10.2 cm² and a 5% (w) Fe-loaded activated carbon fuel of 17 g, the stack reveals a peak power of 4.1 W at 800℃. The stack discharged at a constant current of 1.0 A for 19 h, giving a charge capacity of 19 A·h and an energy capacity of 31.6 W·h, which are much higher than those of a similar stack with anode on the inside and carbon loaded at the interior. The high capacity of our DC-SOFC opens up potential applications in portable devices.     

An investigation on the kinetics of direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells

A direct carbon solid oxide fuel cell (DC-SOFC) is an all-solid-state electricity generation device that operates directly with solid carbon as fuel, without any liquid medium and feeding gas. Tubular electrolyte-supported solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), with silver-gadolinium doped ceria (Ag-GDC) as both anode and cathode materials, are fabricated and operated directly with activated carbon as fuel. The kinetics of the DC-SOFCs is carried out through analyzing the correlations of the cell reaction rates to the emitting rates of CO and CO₂. It turns out that higher operating current corresponds to higher rates of consuming and producing CO, through electrochemical oxidation at the anode and the Boudouard reaction at the carbon fuel, respectively. The rate of consuming CO can be maintained constant by controlling the operating current while the rate of producing CO decreases with time because of carbon consumption. When the CO producing rate becomes smaller than the CO consuming rate, the operation will be terminated. Compared to the rates of the chemical reactions, the diffusion rates of CO and CO₂ are so fast that their impeding effect on the cell performance can be neglected.     

A novel multistep dip-coating method for the fabrication of anode-supported microtubular solid oxide fuel cells

A novel multistep dip-coating method was developed and successfully applied to the fabrication of anode-supported microtubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) using carbon rods as combustible cores. The fabricated microtubular SOFCs consisted of Ni-yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), YSZ, strontium-doped lanthanum manganite (LSM)–YSZ, and LSM as the anode, electrolyte, cathode, and cathode current collector materials, respectively. To investigate the role of anode porosity on cell performance, two types of anode supports were prepared: one without a pore former and the other with a 10 wt.% graphite pore former. The microstructural features of the microtubular SOFCs were examined using scanning electron microscope images whereas the electrochemical performance was characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements as well as I–V characteristic curves. The results showed that the method used is a simple and low-cost alternative to conventional methods for the fabrication of microtubular SOFCs. We found that the anode porosity played an important role in improving the overall performance of the microtubular SOFC by reducing the concentration polarization.     

Effect of structural properties of carbon-based fuels on efficiency of direct carbon fuel cells

This research is focused on the effect of supplying solid oxide fuel cells with different graphite and carbon black powders on the cells’ efficiency. Before being tested in the fuel cell, the structures of carbon-based fuels were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and thermal analysis method (DTA/TG). Total electrical conductivity measurements were also carried out for carbon samples. The relation between the structure and morphology of solid particles and their performance in direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells (DC-SOFC) was presented and discussed. It was found that structurally disordered carbon-based materials are the most promising fuels for oxidation in DC-SOFCs.     

YSZ传导膜H_2S固体氧化物燃料电池

研究了Y2O3稳定的ZrO2(YSZ)氧离子传导膜H2S固体氧化物燃料电池性能。掺杂NiS、电解质、Ag粉和淀粉制备了双金属复合MoS2阳极催化剂,掺杂电解质、Ag粉和淀粉制备了复合NiO阴极催化剂,用扫描电镜对YSZ和膜电极组装(MEA)进行了表征,比较了不同电极催化剂的性能和极化过程,考察了不同温度对电池性能的影响。结果表明,双金属复合MoS2/NiS阳极催化剂在H2S环境下比Pt和单金属MoS2催化剂稳定,复合NiO阴极催化剂比Pt性能好,在电极催化剂中加入Ag可显著提高电极的导电性;与Pt电极相比,复合MoS2阳极和复合NiO阴极催化剂的过电位较小,阳极的极化比阴极侧小;温度升高,电池的电流密度与功率密度增加,电化学性能变好。在750℃、800℃、850℃和900℃及101.13 kPa时,结构为H2S、(复合MoS2阳极催化剂)/YSZ氧离子传导膜/(复合NiO阴极催化剂)、空气的燃料电池最大功率密度分别为30 mW/cm2、70 mW/cm2、155 mW/cm2及295 mW/cm2、最大电流密度分别为120 mA/cm2、240 mA/cm2、560 mA/cm2和890 mA/cm2。     

硬模板法制备固体氧化物燃料电池Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x包覆管状SDC立体阳极

为在固体氧化物燃料电池中有效利用干甲烷为燃料,需制作多孔立体阳极。采用硬模板法和浸渍法制备Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x包覆管状SDC阳极材料(Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x/SDC),为作对比,用溶胶凝胶法制备粉末状Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x,机械混合SDC粉末制备Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x-SDC。将这两种阳极材料分别制作电解质支撑的单电池Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x/SDC|YSZ|LSMYSZ与Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x-SDC|YSZ|LSM-YSZ,并进行发电性能测试以及长期稳定性实验。结果表明,800℃下,干甲烷环境中,Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x-SDC为阳极的单电池最大功率密度为324.99 m W/cm2,运行10 h后,电压下降5.60%;而以Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x/SDC为阳极的单电池最大功率密度达到384.54 m W/cm2,运行100 h后,电压未严重衰减。实验后阳极的SEM照片表明,Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x-SDC阳极内孔隙狭小,易被积炭堵塞;而Ni_(0.5)Cu_(0.5)Ba_(0.05)O_x/SDC阳极呈立体多孔结构,有利于燃料气体与反应后气体的扩散。催化剂颗粒均匀地包覆在SDC纤维管表面,有利于增加三相界面,提高电池的稳定性。