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A New Electroactive and Stable Electrode Based on Praseodymium Molybdate for Symmetrical SOFCs

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The electrochemical activity of a new electrode material based on Pr5Mo3O16 + δ (РМО) within the composition of a symmetrical solid oxide fuel cell (S-SOFC) of the electrolyte-supported design is studied. The model S-SOFC of the РМО/Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95(GDC)/Zr0.84Y0.16O1.92(YSZ)/GDC/PMO composition demonstrated the maximum power density of 28 mW/cm2 at 900°С. To improve the power characteristics of S-SOFC, the porous buffer GDC layer is modified by the method of Pr6O11 infiltration. It is found that the addition of electroactive Pr6O11 into the GDC buffer layer provides the three-fold increase in the fuel-cell power density with the maximum of 90 mW/cm2 at 900°С. The 10 h life-time test of the model S-SOFC with the РМО/GDC + Pr6O11/YSZ/GDC + Pr6O11/PMO composition carried out at a load of 0.7 V reveals the absence of any considerable degradation in fuel cell power characteristics. The results obtained suggest that the new electrode material based on PMO holds promise for the development of S-SOFC.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

S.Ya. Istomin is grateful to the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of the Lomonosov Moscow State University: “The Future of the Planet and Global Environmental Changes” for supporting his investigations.

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This study supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 20-08-00454). The materials used were synthesized within the framework of the State Task for the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics (no. АААА-А19-119061890019-5).

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    A. I. Kotova, D. I. Petukhov, S. Ya. Istomin & G. N. Mazo

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Lyskov, N.V., Kotova, A.I., Petukhov, D.I. et al. A New Electroactive and Stable Electrode Based on Praseodymium Molybdate for Symmetrical SOFCs. Russ J Electrochem 58, 989–997 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102319352211009X

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