TY - JOUR
T1 - Crystal structure, electronic conductivity and oxygen exchange kinetics of high-entropy perovskites La0.2Pr0.2Nd0.2Sm0.2Sr0.2Co1-xFexO3-δ (x = 0, 0.5, 1)
AU - Pretschuh, Patrick
AU - Egger, Andreas
AU - Bucher, Edith
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2024/9/25
Y1 - 2024/9/25
N2 - High-entropy perovskites (HEPs) are attracting increasing attention as air electrode materials for solid oxide cells (SOCs). In this work, three different HEPs from the series La
0.2Pr
0.2Nd
0.2Sm
0.2Sr
0.2Co
1-xFe
xO
3-δ (x = 0, 0.5, 1) are synthesized using the citric acid-ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) method. X-ray diffraction analysis finds crystal structures with the orthorhombic space group 62 (Pnma) at room temperature. The lattice distortion increases with increased Fe-substitution at the B-site. The electrical conductivity (σ
e) is determined at temperatures from 600 to 850 °C and oxygen partial pressures (pO
2) between 0.001 and 0.15 bar. For the pure cobaltate, σ
e is 1469 S cm
−1 at 800 °C and 0.15 bar pO
2. The conductivity is significantly reduced with Fe-doping, reaching 87 S cm
−1 for the pure ferrate at 800 °C. The chemical oxygen surface exchange coefficient (k
chem) and the chemical oxygen diffusion coefficient (D
chem) are determined by the electrical conductivity relaxation technique. D
chem is found to be quite independent of B-site doping and pO
2, with values of approx. 5 × 10
−6 cm
2 s
−1 at 800 °C. In contrast, k
chem is strongly influenced by the B-site composition, which results in an increase of more than one order of magnitude from the ferrate (3.4 × 10
−5 cm s
−1) to the cobaltate (7.7 × 10
−4 cm s
−1) at 800 °C and 0.001 bar pO
2. This clearly demonstrates the beneficial effects of Co on the electronic conductivity as well as on the catalytic activity for the oxygen surface exchange reaction.
AB - High-entropy perovskites (HEPs) are attracting increasing attention as air electrode materials for solid oxide cells (SOCs). In this work, three different HEPs from the series La
0.2Pr
0.2Nd
0.2Sm
0.2Sr
0.2Co
1-xFe
xO
3-δ (x = 0, 0.5, 1) are synthesized using the citric acid-ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) method. X-ray diffraction analysis finds crystal structures with the orthorhombic space group 62 (Pnma) at room temperature. The lattice distortion increases with increased Fe-substitution at the B-site. The electrical conductivity (σ
e) is determined at temperatures from 600 to 850 °C and oxygen partial pressures (pO
2) between 0.001 and 0.15 bar. For the pure cobaltate, σ
e is 1469 S cm
−1 at 800 °C and 0.15 bar pO
2. The conductivity is significantly reduced with Fe-doping, reaching 87 S cm
−1 for the pure ferrate at 800 °C. The chemical oxygen surface exchange coefficient (k
chem) and the chemical oxygen diffusion coefficient (D
chem) are determined by the electrical conductivity relaxation technique. D
chem is found to be quite independent of B-site doping and pO
2, with values of approx. 5 × 10
−6 cm
2 s
−1 at 800 °C. In contrast, k
chem is strongly influenced by the B-site composition, which results in an increase of more than one order of magnitude from the ferrate (3.4 × 10
−5 cm s
−1) to the cobaltate (7.7 × 10
−4 cm s
−1) at 800 °C and 0.001 bar pO
2. This clearly demonstrates the beneficial effects of Co on the electronic conductivity as well as on the catalytic activity for the oxygen surface exchange reaction.
KW - Crystal structure
KW - Electronic conductivity
KW - High-entropy perovskite
KW - Lattice distortion
KW - Oxygen exchange kinetics
KW - Solid oxide cell
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssi.2024.116705
DO - 10.1016/j.ssi.2024.116705
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-2738
VL - 417.2024
JO - Solid State Ionics
JF - Solid State Ionics
IS - December
M1 - 116705
ER -