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The paper presents the scientific basis and technical implementation of a method for obtaining oxygen by extraction from air using an electrochemical cell based on a solid oxide cell (SOC) with anion-conducting solid electrolyte. A nanopowder of a weak aggregate of the YSZ solid electrolyte and LSM fine powder was used to manufacture SOC. The electrolyte-electrode SOC structure was formed as a tube by joint pressing of functional layers and the further co-sintering at the temperature of 1200°C. The characteristics of an electrochemical cell of the oxygen pump based on a thin-wall tube of the YSZ supporting electrolyte (150 μm) with symmetrical electrodes based on LSM (∼20 μm) are studied. A prototype of a compact oxygen generator (oxygen pump) is developed and manufactured with an electrochemical part based on three serially connected SOCs. The connection is implemented in the form of metallic couplings of the Crofer 22 APU steel. The method of reaction magnetron sputtering was used to protect current leads from corrosion by applying a coating based on a Mn x Co3 − x O4 spinel. The efficiency of a demonstration prototype at 800°C was 9 l/h at the power consumption of 50 W. The current density through SOC was 1.1 A/cm2. The prototype was designed to contain no noble metal components. It is shown that the engineering approach applied allows manufacturing effective nanostructural SOCs and devices on their basis.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Spirin, A.V. Nikonov, A.S. Lipilin, S.N. Paranin, V.V. Ivanov, V.R. Khrustov, A.V. Valentsev, V.I. Krutikov, 2011, published in Elektrokhimiya, 2011, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 608–617.
Published on the basis of a presentation delivered in the Xth Conference “Fundamental Problems of Solid-State Ionics”, Chernogolovka, 2010.
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Spirin, A.V., Nikonov, A.V., Lipilin, A.S. et al. Electrochemical cell with solid oxide electrolyte and oxygen pump thereof. Russ J Electrochem 47, 569–578 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193511050132
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