The Chemical Evolution of the La₀.₆Sr₀.₄CoO₃−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity
Owing to its extraordinary high activity for catalysing the oxygen exchange reaction, strontium doped LaCoO3 (LSC) is one of the most promising materials for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathodes. However, under SOFC operating conditions this material suffers from performance degradation. This loss...
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| author | Rameshan, Christoph Kubicek, Markus Rupp, Ghislain M Götsch, Thomas Blume, Raoul Hävecker, Michael Knop-Gericke, Axel Rupprechter, Günther Klötzer, Bernhard Fleig, Jürgen Opitz, Alexander K Nenning, Andreas |
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| description | Owing to its extraordinary high activity for catalysing the oxygen exchange reaction, strontium doped LaCoO3 (LSC) is one of the most promising materials for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathodes. However, under SOFC operating conditions this material suffers from performance degradation. This loss of electrochemical activity has been extensively studied in the past and an accumulation of strontium at the LSC surface has been shown to be responsible for most of the degradation effects. The present study sheds further light onto LSC surface changes also occurring under SOFC operating conditions. In-situ near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements were conducted at temperatures between 400 and 790 °C. Simultaneously, electrochemical impedance measurements were performed to characterise the catalytic activity of the LSC electrode surface for O2 reduction. This combination allowed a correlation of the loss in electro-catalytic activity with the appearance of an additional La-containing Sr-oxide species at the LSC surface. This additional Sr-oxide species preferentially covers electrochemically active Co sites at the surface, and thus very effectively decreases the oxygen exchange performance of LSC. Formation of precipitates, in contrast, was found to play a less important role for the electrochemical degradation of LSC. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1196812022-09-27T16:03:14Z The Chemical Evolution of the La₀.₆Sr₀.₄CoO₃−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity Rameshan, Christoph Kubicek, Markus Rupp, Ghislain M Götsch, Thomas Blume, Raoul Hävecker, Michael Knop-Gericke, Axel Rupprechter, Günther Klötzer, Bernhard Fleig, Jürgen Opitz, Alexander K Nenning, Andreas Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Opitz, Alexander K Nenning, Andreas Owing to its extraordinary high activity for catalysing the oxygen exchange reaction, strontium doped LaCoO3 (LSC) is one of the most promising materials for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathodes. However, under SOFC operating conditions this material suffers from performance degradation. This loss of electrochemical activity has been extensively studied in the past and an accumulation of strontium at the LSC surface has been shown to be responsible for most of the degradation effects. The present study sheds further light onto LSC surface changes also occurring under SOFC operating conditions. In-situ near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements were conducted at temperatures between 400 and 790 °C. Simultaneously, electrochemical impedance measurements were performed to characterise the catalytic activity of the LSC electrode surface for O2 reduction. This combination allowed a correlation of the loss in electro-catalytic activity with the appearance of an additional La-containing Sr-oxide species at the LSC surface. This additional Sr-oxide species preferentially covers electrochemically active Co sites at the surface, and thus very effectively decreases the oxygen exchange performance of LSC. Formation of precipitates, in contrast, was found to play a less important role for the electrochemical degradation of LSC. Austrian Science Fund (special research programme (SFB) “FOXSI” F4502/03/09) Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy (HZB/BESSY II travel grants) Technische Universität Wien. Library (Open Access Funding Programme) 2018-12-18T16:36:56Z 2018-12-18T16:36:56Z 2018-10 2018-11-29T05:27:38Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1022-5528 1572-9028 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119681 Opitz, Alexander K., Christoph Rameshan, Markus Kubicek, Ghislain M. Rupp, Andreas Nenning, Thomas Götsch, Raoul Blume, et al. “The Chemical Evolution of the La0.6Sr0.4CoO3−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity.” Topics in Catalysis 61, no. 20 (October 20, 2018): 2129–2141. en https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-018-1068-1 Topics in Catalysis Creative Commons Attribution The Author(s) application/pdf Springer US Springer US |
| spellingShingle | Rameshan, Christoph Kubicek, Markus Rupp, Ghislain M Götsch, Thomas Blume, Raoul Hävecker, Michael Knop-Gericke, Axel Rupprechter, Günther Klötzer, Bernhard Fleig, Jürgen Opitz, Alexander K Nenning, Andreas The Chemical Evolution of the La₀.₆Sr₀.₄CoO₃−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity |
| title | The Chemical Evolution of the La₀.₆Sr₀.₄CoO₃−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity |
| title_full | The Chemical Evolution of the La₀.₆Sr₀.₄CoO₃−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity |
| title_fullStr | The Chemical Evolution of the La₀.₆Sr₀.₄CoO₃−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Chemical Evolution of the La₀.₆Sr₀.₄CoO₃−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity |
| title_short | The Chemical Evolution of the La₀.₆Sr₀.₄CoO₃−δ Surface Under SOFC Operating Conditions and Its Implications for Electrochemical Oxygen Exchange Activity |
| title_sort | chemical evolution of the la₀ ₆sr₀ ₄coo₃ δ surface under sofc operating conditions and its implications for electrochemical oxygen exchange activity |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119681 |
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