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Interface engineering of bi-layer semiconductor SrCoSnO3-?-CeO2-? heterojunction electrolyte for boosting the electrochemical performance of low-temperature ceramic fuel cell

A comparative study is performed to investigate the electrochemical performance of the low-temperature ceramic fuel cells (CFCs) utilizing two different novel electrolytes. First, a perovskite semiconductor SrCo0.3Sn0.7O3-? was used as an electrolyte in CFCs due to its modest ionic conductivity (0.1?S/cm) and demonstrated an acceptable power density of 360?mW/cm2 at 520??C. The performance of the cell was primarily limited due to the moderate ionic transport in the electrolyte. In order to improve the ionic conductivity, a new strategy of using a novel bi-layer electrolyte concept consist of SrCo0.3Sn0.7O3-? and CeO2-? in CFCs. These bi-layers of two electrolytes have successfully established heterojunction which considerably improved the ionic conductivity (0.2?S/cm) and enhance the open-circuit voltage of the cell from 0.98?V to 1.001?V. Moreover, the CFCs utilizing bi-layer electrolyte have produced a remarkable power density of 672?mW/cm2 at 520??C. This enhancement of ionic conduction, power density and blockage of electron conduction in the bi-layer electrolyte was studied via band alignment mechanism based on proposed p-n heterojunction. Our work presents a promising methodology for developing advanced low-temperature CFC electrolytes.

» Author: M.A.K. Yousaf Shah, Zuhra Tayyab, Sajid Rauf, Muhammad Yousaf, Naveed Mushtaq, Muhammad Ali Imran, Peter D. Lund, Muhammad Imran Asghar, Bin Zhu

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