Combustion synthesis and characterization of Ln(1-x)M(x)Cr(0.9)Ni(0.1)O(3) (Ln = La and/or Nd; M = Sr and/or Ca; x = 0.25) perovskites for SOFCs anodes

摘要

A series of chromite perovskites with the general formula Ln(1-x)M(x)Cr(0.9)Ni(0.1)O(3) (Ln = La and/or Nd; M = Sr and/or Ca; x = 0.25) has been prepared by three combustion synthesis routes using a different combustible substance each time: glycine, urea and sucrose. In order to isolate the effect of divalent dopant concentration from the A cation steric effects, the whole group has a fixed mean A cation radius, r(A) approximate to 1.22 angstrom, and cation size disorder, o(2)(r(A)) = 0.0001 angstrom(2), but variable doping x. Their crystal structure, microstructure, electrical properties and expansion coefficients have been investigated on the basis of their possible use as anode materials for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). Cell parameters, grain sizes, expansion coefficients and conductivities all are found to be dependent on x and the combustible substance used. The most interesting relationship is the negative dependence of the conductivity with x under H-2 atmosphere: conductivity decreases with doping which is the opposite to the expected behavior for a p-type doped perovskites and has not been reported before.