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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 19, Number 6
BKCSDE 19(6)
June 20, 1998

Title	Active Reaction Sites and Oxygen Reduction Kinetics on La1-xSrxMnO3+δ(x=0.1-0.4)/YSZ (Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia) Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Author	Hee Y. Lee, Woo S. Cho, Seung Mo Oh
Keywords
Abstract	Active reaction sites and electrochemical O2 reduction kinetics on La1-xSrxMnO3+δ (x=0.1-0.4)/YSZ (yttria-stabilized zirconia) electrodes are investigated in the temperature range of 700-900 ℃ at Po2=10-3-0.21 atm. Results of the steady-state polarization measurements, which are formulated into the Butler-Volmer formalism to extract transfer coefficient values, lead us to conclude that the two-electron charge transfer step to atomically adsorbed oxygen is rate-limiting. The same conclusion is drawn from the PO2-dependent ∝ impedance measurements, where the exponent m in the relationship of Io (exchange current density) ∝ Po2m is analyzed. Chemical analysis is performed on the quenched Mn perovskites to estimate their oxygen stoichiometry factors (8) at the operating temperature (700-900 ℃). Here, the observed δ turns out to become smaller as both the Sr-doping contents (x) and the measured temperature increase. A comparison between the 8 values and cathodic activity of Mn perovskites reveals that the cathodic transfer coefficients (αc) for oxygen reduction reaction are inversely proportional to δ whereas the anodic ones (αa) show the opposite trend, reflecting that the surface oxygen vacancies on Mn perovskites actively participate in the O2 reduction reaction. Among the samples of x= 0.1-0.4, the manganite with x=0.4 exhibits the smallest 8 value (even negative), and consistently this electrode shows the highest αc and the best cathodic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction.
Page	661 - 666
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