High-Temperature Mechanical–Conductive Behaviors of Proton-Conducting Ceramic Electrolytes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
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2024-09-24
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14
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Materials, Volume 17, issue 19
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Proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (P-SOFCs) are widely studied for their lower working temperatures than oxygen-ion-conducting SOFCs (O-SOFCs). Due to the elevated preparation and operation temperatures varying from 500 °C to 1500 °C, high mechanical stresses can be developed in the electrolytes of SOFCs. The stresses will in turn impact the electrical conductivities, which is often omitted in current studies. In this work, the mechanical–conductive behaviors of Y-doped BaZrO3 (BZY) electrolytes for P-SOFCs under high temperatures are studied through molecular dynamics modeling. The Young’s moduli of BZY in fully hydrated and non-hydrated states are calculated with different Y-doping concentrations and at different temperatures. It is shown that Y doping, oxygen vacancies, and protonic point defects all lead to a decrease in the Young’s moduli of BZY at 773 K. The variations in the conductivities of BZY are then investigated by calculating the diffusion rates of protons in BZY at different triaxial, biaxial, and uniaxial strains from 673 K to 873 K. In all cases, the diffusion rate present a trend of first increasing and then decreasing from compression state to tension state. The variations in elementary affecting factors of proton diffusion, including hydroxide rotation, proton transfer, proton trapping, and proton distribution, are then analyzed in detail under different strains. It is concluded that the influences of strains on these factors collectively determine the changes in proton conductivity.Description
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elastic property, molecular dynamics, proton diffusion, proton-conducting ceramics, strain effect
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Kang, S, Yao, P, Pan, Z, Jing, Y, Liu, S, Zhou, Y, Wang, J, Gao, Y, Sun, Y, Li, Y & Zhong, Z 2024, ' High-Temperature Mechanical–Conductive Behaviors of Proton-Conducting Ceramic Electrolytes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ', Materials, vol. 17, no. 19, 4689 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17194689