Enhancing Charge Transfer Kinetics by Nanoscale Catalytic Cermet Interlayer
- Title
- Enhancing Charge Transfer Kinetics by Nanoscale Catalytic Cermet Interlayer
- Author
- 김영범
- Keywords
- solid oxide fuel cell; atomic layer deposition; interlayer; cermet; nanoparticle
- Issue Date
- 2012-11
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA
- Citation
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, Vol.4, No.12 [2012], p6789-6794
- Abstract
- Enhancing the density of catalytic sites is crucial for improving the performance of energy conversion devices. This work demonstrates the kinetic role of 2 nm thin YSZ/Pt cermet layers on enhancing the oxygen reduction kinetics for low temperature solid oxide fuel cells. Cermet layers were deposited between the porous Pt cathode and the dense YSZ electrolyte wafer using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Not only the catalytic role of the cermet layer itself but the mixing effect in the cermet was explored. For cells with unmixed and fully mixed cermet interlayers, the maximum power density was enhanced by a factor of 1.5 and 1.8 at 400 degrees C, and by 2.3 and 2.7 at 450 degrees C, respectively, when compared to control cells with no cermet interlayer. The observed enhancement in cell performance is believed to be due to the increased triple phase boundary (TPB) density in the cermet interlayer. We also believe that the sustained kinetics for the fully mixed cermet layer sample stems from better thermal stability of Pt islands separated by the ALD YSZ matrix, which helped to maintain the high-density TPBs even at elevated temperature.
- URI
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/am3019788
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- DOI
- 10.1021/am3019788
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