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Microstructure and electrochemical properties of porous La2NiO4+δ electrode screen-printed on Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9 electrolyte

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Superfine and uniform La2NiO4+δ powder was synthesized by a polyaminocarboxylate complex precursor method. La2NiO4+δ layers were screen-printed on dense Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9 electrolyte substrates and sintered at 900–1,100 °C. The microstructure and electrochemical properties of the resulting porous electrodes were investigated with respect to sintering temperature. The results indicate a significant effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and electrode polarization. It was found that elevating sintering temperature was favorable to the charge transfer process whereas undesired for the oxygen surface exchange process due to an increase of the grain size. Sintering at 900 °C was determined to be preferred in terms of the polarization resistance of the electrode. The porous electrode sintered at the temperature showed a fine-grained microstructure (about 200 nm) and a relatively low polarization resistance of 0.28 Ω cm2 at 800 °C. This work suggests that preparing the electrode from superfine starting powder is contributive to modifying the polarization properties.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (50572079 and A3 Foresight Program-50821140308), Ministry of Education (200804971002), Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau (200851430485), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2010-ZY-CL-060). The authors are grateful to the International Collaborative Research Program of Jeonbuk National University (2009) for supporting the research.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People’s Republic of China

    Kai Zhao, Qing Xu, Duan-Ping Huang & Wen Chen

  2. Development of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Engineering, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561756, South Korea

    Min Chen & Bok-Hee Kim

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Zhao, K., Xu, Q., Huang, DP. et al. Microstructure and electrochemical properties of porous La2NiO4+δ electrode screen-printed on Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9 electrolyte. J Solid State Electrochem 16, 9–16 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-010-1270-y

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