直接甲烷固体氧化物燃料电池Ni-BZCYYb阳极抗积炭性能研究

Improved coking resistance of direct methane solid oxide fuel cell with Ni-BZCYYb anode

  • 摘要: 直接以甲烷(CH4)为燃料的固体氧化物燃料电池(Solid Oxide Fuel Cell,SOFC)具有操作系统简单、发电效率高、环境友好等优点,但传统镍基阳极使用CH4时极易产生积炭,导致电池性能下降甚至破裂。因此,如何有效抑制积炭的产生是目前镍基阳极面临的重要挑战。本文针对传统Ni     -    Y0.08Zr0.92O2−δ(Ni-YSZ)阳极使用CH4时存在严重的积炭行为,采用质子导体BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.1Yb0.1O3−δ(BZCYYb)代替氧离子导体YSZ,考查了Ni-BZCYYb对CH4水蒸气重整反应的催化活性和抗积炭性能,同时与Ni-YSZ进行比较。以Ni-BZCYYb为阳极的SOFC,在700–600 ℃、湿CH4(97% CH4-3% H2O)为燃料时取得了较好的电化学性能,同时,该电池在600 ℃、恒电流密度下稳定运行100 h电压没有明显降低。但以Ni-YSZ为阳极的SOFC在相同条件运行不到6 h电压降为零。通过对比表明,BZCYYb提高了阳极的抗积炭能力,Ni-BZCYYb可以应用于以CH4为燃料的SOFC中,是优异的抗积炭阳极材料。

     

    Abstract: Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a promising power-generation device. Direct operation of SOFC on methane has several important advantages, such as simple system, high efficiency and low emissions. The challenge of the state-of-the-art nickel cermet anode is prone to coke formation when operating on methane, which may cause rapidly deteriorate of the performance and durability on SOFC. In this work, the anode Ni-BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.1Yb0.1O3−δ (BZCYYb) was investigated for wet methane (97% CH4-3% H2O) conversion in the temperature range of 700 to 600 ℃. The Ni-BZCYYb anode showed a good electrochemical performance for the steam reforming of methane. Furthermore, under a constant current density, a good operational stability was achieved at 600 ℃ for 100 h operating. For comparison, a conventional Ni-YSZ anode was also prepared, the voltage of cell dropped to zero after feeding wet CH4 for ~ 6 h. These results indicate that the Ni-BCZYYb is a good candidate as the anode in SOFC on methane fuel.

     

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