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Pd-doped perovskite-based SOFC anodes for biogas

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Highly performing perovskite-based anodes for methane mixtures-fueled solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) are proposed. Catalytic activities of La0.6Sr0.4Fe1-xPdxO3-δ (LSFPd) with x = 0.05, 0.1 toward dry reforming of methane (DMR) and partial oxidation of methane (POM) reactions are investigated. The addition of (30 wt%) Ce0.85Gd0.15O2-δ (GDC) and of (30 wt%) Ni(5 wt%)-GDC to the perovskite compounds was evaluated to enhance both electrocatalytic and electrochemical properties. Electrolyte-supported cells based on La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.8Mg0.2O3-δ (LSGM) pellets and LSFPd perovskite oxides at both electrodes are fabricated and tested using CH4, CH4/Ar and CH4/CO2 mixtures in the 750–850 °C temperature range. Fuel cell tests using anodic mixtures such as LSFPd/GDC and LSFPd/Ni-GDC are also performed. A discussion based on the comparison between catalytic and electrochemical results and on the possible reforming and/or oxidation reactions taking place at the anode is detailed.

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Acknowledgments

The work was supported by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research MiUR (PRIN- 2017-Prot.2017FCFYHK_004). The authors acknowledge the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) of Ministry of Human Resource Development of Government of India (Proposal #1106). The authors thank Sig. Cadia D’Ottavi for the technical support and Dr. Costantino Del Gaudio (E. Amaldi Foundation, Rome, Italy; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy) for Raman measurements.

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    Andrea Marcucci, Francesca Zurlo, Silvia Licoccia & Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo

  2. Department of Energy Technologies, ENEA C.R. Casaccia DTE-PCU-IPSE, S.P. 081 Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 S.M. di Galeria, Rome, Italy

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Marcucci, A., Luisetto, I., Zurlo, F. et al. Pd-doped perovskite-based SOFC anodes for biogas. J Solid State Electrochem 24, 93–100 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-019-04473-5

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