Thermal expansion behavior of La-doped (Ba0.5Sr 0.5Co0.8Fe0.2)O3-δ cathode material

Bo Kyung Kang, Ho Chang Lee, Young Woo Heo, Jeong Joo Kim, Jae Yuk Kim, Joon Hyung Lee

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Abstract

In this study, the thermal expansion behavior of the BSCF (Ba 0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O 3-δ) and La-doped BSCF, i.e., (Ba0.5Sr 0.5)0.7La0.3Co0.8Fe 0.2O3-δ (BSLCF30) was systematically examined. The thermal expansion rate of the sintered body increased rapidly at around 500° C. It was found from the TG analysis that the oxygen vacancies formed around this temperature. When La is doped in the A-site of BSCF, more weight loss was observed over 500 °C compared to BSCF, which shows that La doping induces oxygen vacancies. Consequently, chemical expansion of the B-site cations occurred. Therefore, the thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) of BSLCF was much bigger than that of the BSCF. When the samples were heated and cooled in an Ar atmosphere, hysteresis of TEC was observed since re-oxidation cannot occur during cooling.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8267-8271
Number of pages5
JournalCeramics International
Volume39
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2013

Keywords

  • C. Thermal expansion
  • Cathode
  • Chemical expansion
  • Oxygen vacancy
  • Solid oxide fuel cell

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