Improving the Electrocatalytic Activity of La2NiO4+δ Cathode by Surface Modification with Conformal Heterojunction

doi:10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2020.08.200044

Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2020, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 939-951.DOI: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2020.08.200044

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Improving the Electrocatalytic Activity of La₂NiO_4+δ Cathode by Surface Modification with Conformal Heterojunction

WEI Zhenye^a,b, MENG Junling^a,b*, WANG Haocong^a,b, ZHANG Wenwen^a,b, LIU Xiaojuan^a,b*, MENG Jian^a,b

^aState Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Changchun 130022,China;
^bUniversity of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,China

Received:2020-02-17 Published:2020-08-01 Online:2020-08-07
Contact: LIU Xiaojuan, professor; Tel:0431-85262415; Fax:0431-85698041; E-mail:lxjuan@ciac.ac.cn; Research Interests:solid oxide fuel cell; MENG Junling, assistant professor; Tel:0431-85262541; E-mail:mengjunling@ciac.ac.cn; Research Interests:solid oxide fuel cell
Supported by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21571174, No.21590794), and the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Jilin(No.20190201106JC)

Abstract

Abstract: Tuning the existing cathode surface to construct a hetero-interface configuration has been widely applied to improve its oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. Here we report our findings on effective acceleration of the ORR kinetics of La₂NiO_4+δ (LNO) cathode by conformal Pr₂NiO_4+δ (PNO) modification. Meanwhile, the mechanism of the surface modification on ORR activity is revealed. Firstly, a highly active (110) plane for oxygen reduction emerges under LNO deposition. Secondly, the PNO modified layer with ~5 nm thick displays the smallest polarization resistance, which is 21 times less than that of LNO (~5 nm) referenced cathode. Meanwhile, PNO (~5 nm) heterojunction exhibits an alerted ORR kinetics because of different oxygen defect chemistries of the top layer, in which the porous LNO backbone provides a pathway to favorably transport both of oxygen ions and electrons, while the PNO decorating offers rich surface oxygen defects to further enhance the ORR activity.

Key words: solid oxide fuel cell, cathode film, surface modification, conformal heterojunction, oxygen reduction reaction activity

WEI Zhenye, MENG Junling, WANG Haocong, ZHANG Wenwen, LIU Xiaojuan, MENG Jian. Improving the Electrocatalytic Activity of La₂NiO_4+δ Cathode by Surface Modification with Conformal Heterojunction[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2020, 37(8): 939-951.

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