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Chemical stability and oxygen transport properties of La1−xCaxFe1−yByO3−δ (with B  = Co, Ni, Mg) perovskite membranes

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The mixed conductive perovskite La1−xCaxFeO3−δ (LCF) exhibits high oxygen permeability. For further improvement of the oxygen permeability as well as the chemical stability, this study investigates the impact of the doping elements on the perovskite B-site. The cobalt (Co) doping of the LCF improved both the oxygen diffusion and the oxygen surface exchange. However, the oxygen semi-permeation flux of the Co-doped LCF sample was not stable at high temperatures under the high oxygen partial pressure difference (air/argon). The magnesium (Mg) doping in the B-site significantly improved the chemical stability of the LCF membranes, with the oxygen semi-permeation performances close to those obtained with the Co-doped LCF membranes. Thus, the Mg-doped LCF presented the best compromise between chemical stability and oxygen semi-permeation performance, which is applicable to the oxygen transport membranes or the cathodes in solid oxide fuel cells.

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This work was partially supported by Nagoya Kougyoukai and funds from JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number: 17H03391.

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This work was partially supported by Nagoya Kougyoukai and funds from JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number: 17H03391.

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  1. Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan

    Shintaro Minami & Isao Kagomiya

  2. IRCER, CNRS, Université de Limoges, CEC, 12 Rue Atlantis, 87068, Limoges, France

    Pierre-Marie Geffroy

  3. Innovative Functional Materials Research Institute, Department of Materials and Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2266-98 Anagahora, Shimo-shidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, 463-8560, Japan

    Yuki Yamaguchi & Yasunobu Mizutani

  4. Technical Research Institute, Toho Gas Co, Ltd, Tokai, 476-8501, Japan

    Yusuke Ogura

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Minami, S., Geffroy, PM., Kagomiya, I. et al. Chemical stability and oxygen transport properties of La1−xCaxFe1−yByO3−δ (with B  = Co, Ni, Mg) perovskite membranes. Journal of Materials Research 36, 1241–1249 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00212-7

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