Porous NiO-Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9(NiO-SDC) ceramics with homogeneous pore distribution were prepared using polystyrene (PS) spheres as pore templates. NiO-SDC powders were synthesized by a glycine-nitrate method, ultrason...Porous NiO-Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9(NiO-SDC) ceramics with homogeneous pore distribution were prepared using polystyrene (PS) spheres as pore templates. NiO-SDC powders were synthesized by a glycine-nitrate method, ultrasonically mixed with PS spheres in ethanol, dried and then pressed into green pellets. The pellets were sintered to yield porous NiO-SDC ceramics. The effects of the sintering temperature on the microstructure and mechanical strength of the ceramics were investigated. NiO-SDC ceramics sintered at 1200 and 1350℃ have interconnected pore structures and high compression strength. When single cells were fabricated using porous NiO-SDC ceramics as anode-supported layers, the peak power density of the cells at 600℃ was 333 and 353 mW.cm-2 for ceramics sintered at 1200 and 1350℃, respectively. The results indicated that these porous ceramic materials are promising for anode substrates for solid oxide fuel cells.展开更多
基金supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No.Y4080307)the research fund of Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers
文摘Porous NiO-Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9(NiO-SDC) ceramics with homogeneous pore distribution were prepared using polystyrene (PS) spheres as pore templates. NiO-SDC powders were synthesized by a glycine-nitrate method, ultrasonically mixed with PS spheres in ethanol, dried and then pressed into green pellets. The pellets were sintered to yield porous NiO-SDC ceramics. The effects of the sintering temperature on the microstructure and mechanical strength of the ceramics were investigated. NiO-SDC ceramics sintered at 1200 and 1350℃ have interconnected pore structures and high compression strength. When single cells were fabricated using porous NiO-SDC ceramics as anode-supported layers, the peak power density of the cells at 600℃ was 333 and 353 mW.cm-2 for ceramics sintered at 1200 and 1350℃, respectively. The results indicated that these porous ceramic materials are promising for anode substrates for solid oxide fuel cells.