TY - JOUR
T1 - The enhanced physico-chemical and electrochemical properties for surface modified NiO cathode for molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs)
AU - Choi, Hee Seon
AU - Kim, Keon
AU - Yi, Cheol Woo
PY - 2014/5/20
Y1 - 2014/5/20
N2 - The nickel oxide, the most widely used cathode material for the molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), has several disadvantages including NiO dissolution, poor mechanical strength, and corrosion phenomena during MCFC operation. The surface modification of NiO with lanthanum maintains the advantages, such as performance and stability, and suppresses the disadvantages of NiO cathode because the modification results in the formation of LaNiO3 phase which has high conductivity, stability, and catalytic activity. As a result, La-modified NiO cathode shows low NiO dissolution, high degree of lithiation, and mechanical strength, and high cell performance and catalytic activity in comparison with the pristine NiO. These enhanced physico-chemical and electrochemical properties and the durability in marine environment allow MCFC to marine application as a auxiliary propulsion system.
AB - The nickel oxide, the most widely used cathode material for the molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), has several disadvantages including NiO dissolution, poor mechanical strength, and corrosion phenomena during MCFC operation. The surface modification of NiO with lanthanum maintains the advantages, such as performance and stability, and suppresses the disadvantages of NiO cathode because the modification results in the formation of LaNiO3 phase which has high conductivity, stability, and catalytic activity. As a result, La-modified NiO cathode shows low NiO dissolution, high degree of lithiation, and mechanical strength, and high cell performance and catalytic activity in comparison with the pristine NiO. These enhanced physico-chemical and electrochemical properties and the durability in marine environment allow MCFC to marine application as a auxiliary propulsion system.
KW - Molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC)
KW - Nickel oxide (NiO) cathode
KW - Surface modification
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U2 - 10.5012/bkcs.2014.35.5.1305
DO - 10.5012/bkcs.2014.35.5.1305
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901262351
VL - 35
SP - 1305
EP - 1311
JO - Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
JF - Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
SN - 0253-2964
IS - 5
ER -