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Non-perovskite SrFeCo0.5O x (SFC2) was found to have high electronic and ionic conductivities as well as structural stability. At 800°C in air, total and ionic conductivities of 17 and 7 S·cm−1 were measured, respectively; the ionic transference number was calculated to be ≈0.4. This material is unique because of its high electronic conductivity and comparable electronic and ionic transference numbers. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that air-sintered SFC2 consists of three phase components, ≈75 wt% \({\text{Sr}}_{4} {\left( {{\text{Fe}}_{{1 - x}} {\text{Co}}_{x} } \right)}_{6} {\text{O}}_{{13 \pm \delta }}\), ≈20 wt% perovskite \({\text{Sr}}{\left( {{\text{Fe}}_{{1 - x}} {\text{Co}}_{x} } \right)}{\text{O}}_{{3 - \delta }}\), and ≈5 wt% rock salt CoO. Argon-annealed SFC2 contains brownmillerite Sr2(Fe1−x Co x )2O5 and rock salt CoO. Dense SFC2 membranes were able to withstand large pO2 gradients and retain mechanical strength. A 2.9-mm-thick disk membrane was tested in a gas-tight electrochemical cell at 900°C; an oxygen permeation flux rate ≈2.5 cm3(STP)·cm−2·min−1 was measured. A dense thin-wall tubular membrane of 0.75-mm thickness was tested in a methane conversion reactor for over 1,000 h. At 950°C, the oxygen permeation flux rate was ≈10 cm3(STP)·cm−2·min−1 when the SFC2 thin-wall membrane was exposed with one side to air and the other side to 80% methane balanced with inert gas. Results from these two independent experiments agreed well. The SFC2 material is a good candidate as dense ceramic membranes for oxygen separation from air or for use in methane conversion reactors.
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The work at Argonne is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Laboratory’s Gasification Technologies Program, under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38.
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Balachandran, U.(., Ma, B. Mixed-conducting dense ceramic membranes for air separation and natural gas conversion. J Solid State Electrochem 10, 617–624 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-006-0126-y
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