NiO-La0.3Ce0.7O2-δ(LDC30) novel anode was investigated for IT-SOFCs(Intermediate Temperature-Solid Oxide Fuel Cells) with LaGaO3-based electrolyte. The results showed that LDC30 has a suitable chemical compatibility with NiO and NiO-LDC30 has a good thermal expansion matching with LDC30 interlayer and LSGM(La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.8Mg0.2O3-δ) electrolyte, so NiO-LDC30/LDC30 was considered as a feasible and novel anode system. It was also shown that NiO content plays a key role on polarization performance and morphology of the anode. When the content of NiO was 60%(mass fraction), the polarization loss of anode was the lowest. Next we will optimize the porosity and sintering procedure to modify the microstructure and performance of the anode.
La0.8Sr0.2FeO3-δ is a new kind of cathode material for intermediate SOFC, but its electrochemical activity is relative poor for the lanthanum gallate based solid oxide fuel cell. In this paper, a novel composite cathode of La0.8Sr0.2FeO3-δ/La0.9Sr0.1Ga0.8Mg0.2O3-δ was prepared on the LSGM electrolyte substrate by screen-printing method. The results of cathodic polarization measurements show that the overpotential decreases significantly when the composite cathode is used instead of the La0.8Sr0.2FeO3-δ single layer cathode. The cathodic overpotential of the composite La0.8Sr0.2FeO3-δ/La0.9Sr0.1Ga0.8Mg0.2O3-δ cathode is 150 mV at the current density of 0.2 A·cm-2 at 800 ℃, while the cathodic overpotential of the La0.8Sr0.2FeO3-δ single layer cathode is higher than 260 mV at the same condition. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was employed to investigate the polarization resistance of the cathode. The polarization resistance of the composite cathode is 1.20 Ω·cm2 in open circuit condition, while the value of the single La0.8Sr0.2FeO3-δ cathode is 1.235 Ω·cm2.
