A high-entropy spinel ceramic oxide as the cathode for proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells  

作　　者：Yangsen XU Xi XU Lei BI 

机构地区：[1]School of Resource Environment and Safety Engineering,University of South China,Hengyang 421001,China [2]Department of Materials,Imperial College London SW72BP,UK

出　　处：《Journal of Advanced Ceramics》2022年第5期794-804,共11页先进陶瓷（英文）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51972183);Hundred Youth Talents Program of Hunan and the Startup Funding for Talents at University of South China。

摘　　要：A high-entropy ceramic oxide is used as the cathode for the first time for proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells(H-SOFCs).The Fe_(0.6)Mn_(0.6)Co_(0.6)Ni_(0.6)Cr_(0.6)O_(4)(FMCNC)high-entropy spinel oxide has been successfully prepared,and the in situ chemical stability test demonstrates that the FMCNC material has good stability against CO_(2).The first-principles calculation indicates that the high-entropy structure enhances the properties of the FMCNC material that surpasses their individual components,leading to lower O_(2)adsorption energy for FMCNC than that for the individual components.The HSOFC using the FMCNC cathode reaches an encouraging peak power density(PPD)of 1052 mW·cm^(-2)at 700℃,which is higher than those of the H-SOFCs reported recently.Additional comparison was made between the high-entropy FMCNC cathode and the traditional Mn_(1.6)Cu_(1.4)O_(4)(MCO)spinel cathode without the high-entropy structure,revealing that the formation of the high-entropy material allows the enhanced protonation ability as well as the movement of the O p-band center closer to the Fermi level,thus improving the cathode catalytic activity.As a result,the high-entropy FMCNC has a much-decreased polarization resistance of 0.057Ω·cm^(2)at 700℃,which is half of that for the traditional MCO spinel cathode without the high-entropy design.The excellent performance of the FMCNC cell indicates that the high-entropy design makes a new life for the spinel oxide as the cathode for HSOFCs,offering a novel and promising route for the development of high-performance materials for H-SOFCs.

关 键 词：proton-conducting oxides high-entropy oxides CATHODE solid oxide fuel cells(SOFCs) 

分 类 号：TM911.4[电气工程—电力电子与电力传动] TQ174.1[化学工程—陶瓷工业]