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In-situ construction of NiCo2O4 nanoarrays on La0.8Sr0.2MnO3-δ electrodes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells

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Novel NiCo2O4 nanoarrays have been in-situ grown on a La0.8Sr0.2MnO3-δ(LSM) cathode through a hydrothermal method, which presents the enhanced electrochemical performances of the LSM cathode for the intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. XRD and SEM have been used to characterize phase structure and morphology of NiCo2O4 nanoarrays. The LSM cathode, modified by the NiCo2O4 nanoarrays, exhibits excellent electrochemical performances compared with the bare LSM cathode. The maximum peak power density of single cell, based on the NiCo2O4 nanoarrays modified the LSM cathode, reaches 957 mW cm−2 at 800 °C, which is almost two times higher than that for the cell based on the bare LSM cathode.

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Funding

This project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51372063, 51402078, and 51772072), the 111 Project (B18018), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. JZ2015HGCH0150 and JZ2016HGTB0719), the Young Scholar Enhancement Foundation (Plan B) of HFUT, China (JZ2016HGTB0711), Provincial Natural Science Research Program of Higher Education Institutions of Anhui Province (Grant No. KJ2016SD31).

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    Wentao Qi, Haoshan Wei, Yong Zhang, Wenfang Wang, Jiewu Cui, Yan Wang & Yucheng Wu

  2. Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, China

    Yong Zhang, Jiaqin Liu, Qi Zhou, Wenfang Wang, Jiewu Cui, Yan Wang & Yucheng Wu

  3. Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, China

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Qi, W., Wei, H., Zhang, Y. et al. In-situ construction of NiCo2O4 nanoarrays on La0.8Sr0.2MnO3-δ electrodes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. J Solid State Electrochem 22, 2367–2374 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-018-3944-9

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