TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetron formation of Ni/YSZ anodes of solid oxide fuel cells
AU - Solov'Ev, A. A.
AU - Sochugov, N. S.
AU - Ionov, Igor Vyacheslavovich
AU - Shipilova, Anna Victorovna
AU - Kovalchuk, Anastasia Nikolaevna
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Physico-chemical and structural properties of nanocomposite NiO/ZrO 2:Y2O3 (NiO/YSZ) films applied using the reactive magnetron deposition technique are studied for application as anodes of solid oxide fuel cells. The effect of oxygen consumption and magnetron power on the discharge parameters is determined to find the optimum conditions of reactive deposition. The conditions for deposition of NiO/YSZ films, under which the deposition rate is maximum (12 μm/h), are found and the volume content of Ni is within the range of 40-50%. Ni-YSZ films reduced in a hydrogen atmosphere at the temperature of 800°C have a nanoporous structure. However, massive nickel agglomerates are formed in the course of reduction on the film surface; their amount grows at an increase in Ni content in the film. Solid oxide fuel cells with YSZ supporting electrolyte and a LaSrMnO3 cathode are manufactured to study electrochemical properties of NiO/YSZ films. It is shown that fuel cells with a nanocomposite NiO/YSZ anode applied using a magnetron sputtering technique have the maximum power density twice higher than in the case of fuel cells with an anode formed using the high-temperature sintering technique owing to a more developed gas-anode-electrolyte three-phase boundary.
AB - Physico-chemical and structural properties of nanocomposite NiO/ZrO 2:Y2O3 (NiO/YSZ) films applied using the reactive magnetron deposition technique are studied for application as anodes of solid oxide fuel cells. The effect of oxygen consumption and magnetron power on the discharge parameters is determined to find the optimum conditions of reactive deposition. The conditions for deposition of NiO/YSZ films, under which the deposition rate is maximum (12 μm/h), are found and the volume content of Ni is within the range of 40-50%. Ni-YSZ films reduced in a hydrogen atmosphere at the temperature of 800°C have a nanoporous structure. However, massive nickel agglomerates are formed in the course of reduction on the film surface; their amount grows at an increase in Ni content in the film. Solid oxide fuel cells with YSZ supporting electrolyte and a LaSrMnO3 cathode are manufactured to study electrochemical properties of NiO/YSZ films. It is shown that fuel cells with a nanocomposite NiO/YSZ anode applied using a magnetron sputtering technique have the maximum power density twice higher than in the case of fuel cells with an anode formed using the high-temperature sintering technique owing to a more developed gas-anode-electrolyte three-phase boundary.
KW - cermet
KW - magnetron sputtering
KW - Ni/YSZ anode
KW - porous nanocomposite
KW - solid oxide fuel cell
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U2 - 10.1134/S1023193514070155
DO - 10.1134/S1023193514070155
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84905006798
VL - 50
SP - 647
EP - 655
JO - Russian Journal of Electrochemistry
JF - Russian Journal of Electrochemistry
SN - 1023-1935
IS - 7
ER -