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Fabrication and Characterization of Anode‐Supported BaIn 0.3 Ti 0.7 O 2.85 Thin Electrolyte for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Author(s) -
Rieu Mathilde,
Patro Pankaj Kumar,
Delahaye Thibaud,
Bouyer Etienne
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of applied ceramic technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1744-7402
pISSN - 1546-542X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2011.02631.x
Subject(s) - materials science , cermet , electrolyte , anode , non blocking i/o , tape casting , cathode , oxide , solid oxide fuel cell , screen printing , microstructure , sintering , fabrication , chemical engineering , electrochemistry , electrode , composite material , metallurgy , ceramic , medicine , chemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering , biochemistry , catalysis
BaIn 0.3 Ti 0.7 O 2.85 (BIT07) is a promising electrolyte for solid oxide fuel cells, due to its chemical compatibility with most of the cathode electrode material such as LSM and Ln 2 NiO 4 . The present work is aimed on the fabrication of anode‐supported half cells with thin BIT07 electrolyte. For this, Ni‐8YSZ cermet was chosen due to its excellent mechanical and electrochemical properties, in addition to its low cost. The NiO–8YSZ anode support was prepared by tape casting, and for this, an organic slurry formulation was optimized. The BIT07 electrolyte thin film was deposited through screen printing on the green anode. The formulation of the ink was optimized, and sintering at 1350°C for 3 h led to a dense electrolyte with controlled thickness varying from 2 to 12 μm. Further, the cermet electrode still had a homogeneous microstructure with well‐defined anode/electrolyte interface. The electrode ASR was about 0.5 Ω cm 2 and was stable over 500 h at 800°C under H 2 –3% H 2 O. The fabrications of half cells were successfully scaled up to 100 mm × 100 mm retaining the dimensional control and without any surface defects.