The electrochemical performance of solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) having nickel – yttria stabilized zirconia (Ni-YSZ) hydrogen electrode and a composite lanthanum strontium manganite – YSZ (La0.8Sr0.2MnO3−δ – YSZ) oxygen electrodes has been studied over a range of operating conditions temperature (700 to 900°C). Increasing temperature significantly increased electrochemical performance and hydrogen generation efficiency. Durability studies of the cell in electrolysis mode were made over 200 h periods (0.1 A/cm2, 800°C, and H2O/H2 = 70/30). The cell significantly degraded over the time (2.5 mV/h). Overpotentials of various SOEC electrodes were evaluated. Ni-YSZ as a hydrogen electrode exhibited higher activity in SOFC mode than SOEC mode while Ni/Ru-GDC presented symmetrical behavior between fuel cell and electrolysis mode and gave lower losses when compared to the Ni-YSZ electrode. All the oxygen electrodes gave higher activity for the cathodic reaction than the anodic reaction. Among the oxygen electrodes in this study, LSM-YSZ exhibited nearest to symmetrical behavior between cathodic and anodic reaction. Durability studies of the electrodes in electrolysis mode were made over 20–70 h periods. Performance degradations of the oxygen electrodes were observed (3.4, 12.6 and 17.6 mV/h for LSM-YSZ, LSCF and LSF, respectively). The Ni-YSZ hydrogen electrode exhibited rather stable performance while the performance of Ni/Ru-GDC decreased (3.4 mV/h) over the time. This was likely a result of the reduction of ceria component at high operating voltage.
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ASME 2010 8th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
June 14–16, 2010
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Advanced Energy Systems Division
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978-0-7918-4405-2
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Electrochemical Performance of Ni-YSZ, Ni/Ru-GDC, LSM-YSZ, LSCF and LSF Electrodes for Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells
P. Kim-Lohsoontorn,
P. Kim-Lohsoontorn
Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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H.-B. Yim,
H.-B. Yim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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J.-M. Bae
J.-M. Bae
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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P. Kim-Lohsoontorn
Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
H.-B. Yim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
J.-M. Bae
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Paper No:
FuelCell2010-33017, pp. 623-629; 7 pages
Published Online:
December 3, 2010
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Kim-Lohsoontorn, P, Yim, H, & Bae, J. "Electrochemical Performance of Ni-YSZ, Ni/Ru-GDC, LSM-YSZ, LSCF and LSF Electrodes for Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells." Proceedings of the ASME 2010 8th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. ASME 2010 8th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference: Volume 2. Brooklyn, New York, USA. June 14–16, 2010. pp. 623-629. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FuelCell2010-33017
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