Olsson, E;
Cottom, J;
Aparicio-Anglès, X;
de Leeuw, NH;
(2019)
Computational study of the mixed B-site perovskite SmBxCo1-xO3-d (B = Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu) for next generation solid oxide fuel cell cathodes.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
, 21
(18)
pp. 9407-9418.
10.1039/c9cp00995g.
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Abstract
SmCoO3 is a promising perovskite material for the next generation of intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), but its potential application is directly linked to, and dependent on, the presence of dopant ions. Doping on the Co-site is suggested to improve the catalytic and electronic properties of this cathode material. Fe, Mn, Ni, and Cu have been proposed as possible dopants and experimental studies have investigated and confirmed the potential of these materials. Here we present a systematic DFT+U study focused on the changes in electronic, magnetic, and physical properties with B-site doping of SmCoO3 to allow cathode optimization. It is shown that doping generally leads to distortion in the system, thereby inducing different electron occupations of the Co d-orbitals, altering the electronic and magnetic structure. From these calculations, the 0 K electronic conductivity (se) was obtained, with SmMnxCo1xO3 having the highest se, and SmFexCo1xO3 the lowest se, in agreement with experiment. We have also investigated the impact of dopant species and concentration on the oxygen vacancy formation energy (Ef), which is related to the ionic conductivity (sO). We found that the Ef values are lowered only when SmCoO3 is doped with Cu or Ni. Finally, thermal expansion coefficients were calculated, with Mn-doping showing the largest decrease at low x and at x = 0.75. Combining these results, it is clear that Mn-doping in the range x = 0.125–0.25 would imbue SmCoO3 with the most favorable properties for IT-SOFC cathode applications.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Computational study of the mixed B-site perovskite SmBxCo1-xO3-d (B = Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu) for next generation solid oxide fuel cell cathodes |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c9cp00995g |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp00995g |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10077634 |
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