US20080261099A1 - Heterogeneous ceramic composite SOFC electrolyte - Google Patents
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- the present invention is generally directed to fuel cell components, and to solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte materials in particular.
- Fuel cells are electrochemical devices which can convert energy stored in fuels to electrical energy with high efficiencies.
- Electrolyzer cells are electrochemical devices which can use electrical energy to reduce a given material, such as water, to generate a fuel, such as hydrogen.
- the fuel and electrolyzer cells may comprise reversible cells which operate in both fuel cell and electrolysis mode.
- an oxidizing flow is passed through the cathode side of the fuel cell while a fuel flow is passed through the anode side of the fuel cell.
- the oxidizing flow is typically air, while the fuel flow can be a hydrocarbon fuel, such as methane, natural gas, propane, ethanol, or methanol.
- the fuel cell operating at a typical temperature between 750° C. and 950° C., enables the transport of negatively charged oxygen ions from the cathode flow stream to the anode flow stream, where the ion combines with either free hydrogen or hydrogen in a hydrocarbon molecule to form water vapor and/or with carbon monoxide to form carbon dioxide.
- a solid oxide reversible fuel cell (SORFC) system generates electrical energy and reactant product (i.e., oxidized fuel) from fuel and oxidizer in a fuel cell or discharge mode and generates the fuel and oxidant using electrical energy in an electrolysis or charge mode.
- reactant product i.e., oxidized fuel
- a solid oxide fuel cell includes a cathode electrode, a solid oxide electrolyte, and an anode electrode.
- the electrolyte includes yttria stabilized zirconia and a scandia stabilized zirconia, such as a scandia ceria stabilized zirconia.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a side cross-sectional view of a SOFC of the embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a side cross sectional view of a SOFC stack of an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a plot of conductivity versus temperature for the electrolyte of the embodiment of the invention and for electrolytes of the comparative examples.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a bar graph comparing the CTE of the electrolyte of the embodiment of the invention and of electrolytes of the comparative examples
- FIG. 5 illustrates a plot of cell voltage versus time for a SOFC cell containing the electrolyte of the embodiment of the invention.
- the embodiments of the invention provide a higher strength electrolyte material to enable a thinner electrolyte and/or larger footprint electrolyte, while lowering the cost for electrolyte production.
- the composite electrolyte material comprises a composite yttria and scandia stabilized zirconias.
- the mixture of yttria and scandia stabilized zirconia exhibits a good flexural strength increase, and reasonable conductivity decrease compared to scandia stabilized zirconia.
- the electrolyte composition provides a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) which is closely matched to that of a chromium-iron alloy interconnect component of a SOFC stack.
- CTE coefficient of thermal expansion
- SOFC cells comprising the composite electrolyte can operate for a long time with a low degradation rate.
- the overall cost of the electrolyte is reduced without significantly impacting the electrolyte performance compared to a scandia stabilized zirconia electrolyte.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) 1 according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the cell 1 includes an anode electrode 3 , a solid oxide electrolyte 5 and a cathode electrode 7 .
- the electrolyte 5 may comprise a sintered mixture of scandia stabilized zirconia (“SSZ”) (including scandia ceria stabilized zirconia (“SCSZ”), which can also be referred to as scandium and cerium doped zirconia), and yttria stabilized zirconia (“YSZ”).
- SSZ scandia stabilized zirconia
- SCSZ scandia ceria stabilized zirconia
- YSZ yttria stabilized zirconia
- the electrolyte may also contain unavoidable impurities.
- the electrolyte 5 may comprise a mixture of YSZ and one of SSZ with no ceria or SCSZ, such as a YSZ/SCSZ mixture in an about 1:1 to about 1:4 weight ratio, such as an about 1:2 to 1:3 weight ratio.
- YSZ may comprise up to 50% by weight of the electrolyte 5 .
- the SCSZ may be substituted by SSZ.
- 3 molar percent yttria YSZ is used.
- YSZ compositions having more than 3 molar percent yttria such as 3 to 10 molar percent yttria, for example 5 to 10 molar percent yttria (i.e., (ZrO 2 ) 1-z (Y 2 O 3 ) x , where 0.03 ⁇ z ⁇ 0.1) may be used.
- the scandia stabilized zirconia has the following formula: [(ZrO 2 ) 1-y (CeO 2 ) y ] 1-x (Sc 2 O 3 ) x , where 0.06 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.11 and 0 ⁇ y ⁇ 0.01. While a stoichiometric stabilized zirconia is described by the formula, a non-stoichiometric stabilized zirconia having more or less than two oxygen atoms for each metal atom may be used.
- the ceria in SCSZ may be substituted with other ceramic oxides.
- scandia stabilized zirconias can be used, such as scandia yttria stabilized zirconia (“SYSZ”), which can also be referred to as scandium and yttrium doped zirconia, and scandia alumina stabilized zirconia (“SAlSZ”), which can also be referred to as scandium and aluminum doped zirconia.
- SYSZ scandia yttria stabilized zirconia
- SAlSZ scandia alumina stabilized zirconia
- the yttria or alumina may comprise 1 molar percent or less in the scandia stabilized zirconia.
- the cathode electrode 7 may comprise an electrically conductive material, such as an electrically conductive perovskite material, such as lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM).
- an electrically conductive perovskite material such as lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM).
- Other conductive perovskites such as La 1-x Sr x CoO 3 , La 1-x Sr x Fe 1-y CO y O 3 or La 1-x Sr x Mn 1-y CO y O 3 where 0.1 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.4 and 0.02 ⁇ y ⁇ 0.4, respectively, may also be used.
- the cathode electrode 7 can also be composed of two sublayers (a SCSZ/LSM functional layer adjacent to the electrolyte and a LSM current collection layer over the functional layer).
- the anode electrode 3 may comprise one or more sublayers.
- the anode electrode may comprise a single layer Ni-YSZ and/or a Ni-SSZ cermet.
- the anode electrode comprises two sublayers, where the first sublayer closest to the electrolyte is composed of samaria doped ceria (“SDC”) and the second sublayer distal from the electrolyte comprises nickel, gadolinia doped ceria (“GDC”) and a scandia stabilized zirconia (“SSZ”), such as a scandia ceria stabilized zirconia (“SCSZ”).
- SDC samaria doped ceria
- GDC gadolinia doped ceria
- SSZ scandia stabilized zirconia
- SCSZ scandia ceria stabilized zirconia
- the samaria doped ceria preferably comprises 15 to 25 molar percent, such as for example 20 molar percent samaria and a balance comprising ceria.
- the SDC may have the following formula: Sm z Ce 1-z O 2- ⁇ , where 0.15 ⁇ z ⁇ 0.25. While a non-stoichiometric SDC is described by the formula where there is slightly less than two oxygen atoms for each metal atom, an SDC having two or more oxygen atoms for each metal atom may also be used.
- the first sublayer contains no other materials, such as nickel, besides the SDC and unavoidable impurities. However, if desired, other materials may be added to the first sublayer, such as a small amount of nickel in an amount less than the amount of nickel in the second sublayer.
- the second sublayer comprises a cermet including a nickel containing phase and a ceramic phase.
- the nickel containing phase of the second sublayer preferably consists entirely of nickel in a reduced state. This phase forms nickel oxide when it is in an oxidized state.
- the nickel containing phase comprises nickel oxide.
- the anode electrode is preferably annealed in a reducing atmosphere prior to operation to reduce the nickel oxide to nickel.
- the nickel containing phase may include other metals and/or nickel alloys in addition to pure nickel, such as nickel-copper or nickel-cobalt alloys (in a reduced state) and their oxides (in an oxidized state), for example Ni 1-x Cu x O or Ni 1-x Co x O where 0.05 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.3.
- the nickel containing phase preferably contains only nickel or nickel oxide and no other metals.
- the nickel is preferably finely distributed in the ceramic phase, with an average grain size less than 500 nanometers, such as 200 to 400 nanometers, to reduce the stresses induced when nickel converts to nickel oxide.
- the ceramic phase of the second sublayer preferably comprises gadolinia doped ceria and scandia stabilized zirconia.
- the ceramic phase may comprise a sintered mixture of GDC and SSZ (containing some or no cerium) ceramic particles.
- the scandia stabilized zirconia may have the same composition as the scandia stabilized zirconia of the electrolyte 5 .
- the scandia stabilized zirconia of sublayer 23 has the following formula: [(ZrO 2 ) 1-y (CeO 2 ) y ] 1-x (Sc 2 O 3 ) x , where 0.06 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.11 and 0 ⁇ y ⁇ 0.01.
- GDC any suitable GDC may be used in the second sublayer.
- 10 to 40 molar percent gadolinia containing GDC may be used.
- GDC is preferably slightly non-stoichiometric with less than two oxygen atoms for each metal atom: Ce 1-m Gd m O 2- ⁇ where 0.1 ⁇ m ⁇ 0.4.
- GDC containing two or more oxygen atoms for each metal atom may also be used.
- the weight ratio of GDC to SSZ or SCSZ in the sublayer ranges from about 2:1 to about 5:1. For example, the weight ratio may be 5:1.
- the ceramic phase in the second sublayer may range from about 70 (such as for example 66.66) weight percent GDC and about 30 (such as for example 33.33) weight percent stabilized zirconia to about 85 (such as for example 83.33) weight percent GDC and about 15 (such as for example 16.66) weight percent stabilized zirconia.
- the ceramic phase preferably contains no other ceramic materials besides GDC, one of SSZ or SCSZ and unavoidable impurities.
- the second sublayer preferably comprises 60 to 80 weight percent of the nickel containing phase and 40 to 20 weight percent of the ceramic phase, such as for example 75 weight percent of the nickel containing phase and 25 weight percent of the ceramic phase.
- the anode electrode 3 may be 20 to 40 microns thick, where the first sublayer is about 5 to about 10 microns thick and the second sublayer is about 15 to about 30 microns thick.
- the fuel cell is preferably a planar electrolyte supported cell in which the electrolyte is at least one order of magnitude thicker than the anode electrode.
- the electrolyte 5 may be about 150 to about 300 microns thick.
- the cathode 7 may also be between 10 and 50 microns thick.
- Fuel cell stacks are frequently built from a multiplicity of SOFC's 1 in the form of planar elements, tubes, or other geometries. Fuel and air has to be provided to the electrochemically active surface, which can be large.
- one component of a fuel cell stack is the so called gas flow separator (referred to as a gas flow separator plate in a planar stack) 9 that separates the individual cells in the stack.
- the gas flow separator plate separates fuel flowing to the fuel electrode (i.e. anode 3 ) of one cell in the stack from oxidant, such as air, flowing to the air electrode (i.e. cathode 7 ) of an adjacent cell in the stack.
- the fuel may be a hydrocarbon fuel, such as natural gas for internally reforming cells, or a reformed hydrocarbon fuel comprising hydrogen, water vapor, carbon monoxide and unreformed hydrocarbon fuel for externally reforming cells.
- the separator 9 contains gas flow passages or channels 8 between the ribs 10 .
- the gas flow separator plate 9 is also used as an interconnect which electrically connects the fuel electrode 3 of one cell to the air electrode 7 of the adjacent cell.
- the gas flow separator plate which functions as an interconnect is made of or contains electrically conductive material, such as a Cr—Fe alloy.
- An electrically conductive contact layer, such as a nickel contact layer, may be provided between the anode electrode and the interconnect.
- FIG. 2 shows that the lower SOFC 1 is located between two gas separator plates 9 .
- FIG. 2 shows that the stack comprises a plurality of planar or plate shaped fuel cells
- the fuel cells may have other configurations, such as tubular.
- vertically oriented stacks are shown in FIG. 2
- the fuel cells may be stacked horizontally or in any other suitable direction between vertical and horizontal.
- fuel cell stack means a plurality of stacked fuel cells which share a common fuel inlet and exhaust passages or risers.
- the “fuel cell stack,” as used herein, includes a distinct electrical entity which contains two end plates which are connected to power conditioning equipment and the power (i.e., electricity) output of the stack. Thus, in some configurations, the electrical power output from such a distinct electrical entity may be separately controlled from other stacks.
- fuel cell stack also includes a part of the distinct electrical entity. For example, the stacks may share the same end plates. In this case, the stacks jointly comprise a distinct electrical entity. In this case, the electrical power output from both stacks cannot be separately controlled.
- a method of forming a planar, electrolyte supported SOFC 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes forming the planar solid oxide electrolyte 5 followed by forming the cathode electrode 7 on a first side of a planar solid oxide electrolyte 5 and forming the anode electrode 3 on a second side of electrolyte 5 .
- the anode and the cathode may be formed in any order on the opposite sides of the electrolyte.
- the electrolyte may be formed by mixing the YSZ powder with SSZ or SCSZ powder followed by shaping (such as tape casting, roll pressing or other suitable ceramic shaping techniques) and sintering the powders at any suitable temperature to form the electrolyte.
- the anode electrode containing a plurality of sublayers shown in FIG. 1 may be formed by a screen printing method or by other suitable methods.
- the first anode 3 sublayer can be screen printed on the electrolyte 5 , followed by screen printing the second anode sublayer on the first sublayer using any suitable ceramic powder screen printing techniques.
- the screen printed cell is then sintered or fired at any suitable temperature, such as a temperature between 1150 and 1400° C. in air.
- the cell may be separately fired or sintered after the anode deposition and after the cathode deposition at the same or different temperature.
- the completed cell is preferably further annealed in a reducing atmosphere, such as a hydrogen or forming gas atmosphere, to covert nickel oxide to nickel in the anode prior to using fuel cell to generate electricity as part of a fuel cell system.
- a reducing atmosphere such as a hydrogen or forming gas atmosphere
- FIG. 3 illustrates a plot of conductivity versus temperature for the four electrolytes.
- the conductivity of the YSZ+SCSZ electrolyte is higher than that of the 8YSZ and 3YSZ electrolytes, but slightly lower than that of the SCSZ electrolyte.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a bar graph comparing the CTE of the four electrolytes.
- the CTE of the YSZ+SCSZ electrolyte is about the same as that of the electrolytes of the comparative examples.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a plot of cell voltage versus time for a SOFC cell containing the YSZ+SCSZ electrolyte. This endurance test indicates that the cell voltage degrades about 3-4% for the first 1000 hours and about 1-2% for the second thousand hours of operation.
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- The present application claims benefit of U.S. provisional application 60/907,706, filed Apr. 13, 2007, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- The present invention is generally directed to fuel cell components, and to solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte materials in particular.
- Fuel cells are electrochemical devices which can convert energy stored in fuels to electrical energy with high efficiencies. Electrolyzer cells are electrochemical devices which can use electrical energy to reduce a given material, such as water, to generate a fuel, such as hydrogen. The fuel and electrolyzer cells may comprise reversible cells which operate in both fuel cell and electrolysis mode.
- In a high temperature fuel cell system, such as a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system, an oxidizing flow is passed through the cathode side of the fuel cell while a fuel flow is passed through the anode side of the fuel cell. The oxidizing flow is typically air, while the fuel flow can be a hydrocarbon fuel, such as methane, natural gas, propane, ethanol, or methanol. The fuel cell, operating at a typical temperature between 750° C. and 950° C., enables the transport of negatively charged oxygen ions from the cathode flow stream to the anode flow stream, where the ion combines with either free hydrogen or hydrogen in a hydrocarbon molecule to form water vapor and/or with carbon monoxide to form carbon dioxide. The excess electrons from the negatively charged ion are routed back to the cathode side of the fuel cell through an electrical circuit completed between anode and cathode, resulting in an electrical current flow through the circuit. A solid oxide reversible fuel cell (SORFC) system generates electrical energy and reactant product (i.e., oxidized fuel) from fuel and oxidizer in a fuel cell or discharge mode and generates the fuel and oxidant using electrical energy in an electrolysis or charge mode.
- A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a cathode electrode, a solid oxide electrolyte, and an anode electrode. The electrolyte includes yttria stabilized zirconia and a scandia stabilized zirconia, such as a scandia ceria stabilized zirconia.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a side cross-sectional view of a SOFC of the embodiments of the invention. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a side cross sectional view of a SOFC stack of an embodiment of the invention. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a plot of conductivity versus temperature for the electrolyte of the embodiment of the invention and for electrolytes of the comparative examples. -
FIG. 4 illustrates a bar graph comparing the CTE of the electrolyte of the embodiment of the invention and of electrolytes of the comparative examples -
FIG. 5 illustrates a plot of cell voltage versus time for a SOFC cell containing the electrolyte of the embodiment of the invention. - The embodiments of the invention provide a higher strength electrolyte material to enable a thinner electrolyte and/or larger footprint electrolyte, while lowering the cost for electrolyte production. The composite electrolyte material comprises a composite yttria and scandia stabilized zirconias. The mixture of yttria and scandia stabilized zirconia exhibits a good flexural strength increase, and reasonable conductivity decrease compared to scandia stabilized zirconia. The electrolyte composition provides a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) which is closely matched to that of a chromium-iron alloy interconnect component of a SOFC stack. SOFC cells comprising the composite electrolyte can operate for a long time with a low degradation rate. By mixing a lower cost yttria stabilized zirconia powder with a higher cost, higher performance scandia stabilized zirconia powder, the overall cost of the electrolyte is reduced without significantly impacting the electrolyte performance compared to a scandia stabilized zirconia electrolyte.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) 1 according to an embodiment of the invention. Thecell 1 includes ananode electrode 3, asolid oxide electrolyte 5 and acathode electrode 7. Theelectrolyte 5 may comprise a sintered mixture of scandia stabilized zirconia (“SSZ”) (including scandia ceria stabilized zirconia (“SCSZ”), which can also be referred to as scandium and cerium doped zirconia), and yttria stabilized zirconia (“YSZ”). The electrolyte may also contain unavoidable impurities. For example, theelectrolyte 5 may comprise a mixture of YSZ and one of SSZ with no ceria or SCSZ, such as a YSZ/SCSZ mixture in an about 1:1 to about 1:4 weight ratio, such as an about 1:2 to 1:3 weight ratio. Thus, YSZ may comprise up to 50% by weight of theelectrolyte 5. In alternative embodiments, the SCSZ may be substituted by SSZ. - Preferably, 3 molar percent yttria YSZ is used. However, YSZ compositions having more than 3 molar percent yttria, such as 3 to 10 molar percent yttria, for example 5 to 10 molar percent yttria (i.e., (ZrO2)1-z(Y2O3)x, where 0.03≦z≦0.1) may be used.
- Preferably, the scandia stabilized zirconia has the following formula: [(ZrO2)1-y(CeO2)y]1-x(Sc2O3)x, where 0.06≦x≦0.11 and 0≦y≦0.01. While a stoichiometric stabilized zirconia is described by the formula, a non-stoichiometric stabilized zirconia having more or less than two oxygen atoms for each metal atom may be used. For example, the electrolyte may comprise SCSZ having 1 molar percent ceria and 10 molar percent scandia (i.e., [(ZrO2)1-y(CeO2)y]1-x(Sc2O3)x where x=0.1 and y=0.01). The ceria in SCSZ may be substituted with other ceramic oxides. Thus, alternative scandia stabilized zirconias can be used, such as scandia yttria stabilized zirconia (“SYSZ”), which can also be referred to as scandium and yttrium doped zirconia, and scandia alumina stabilized zirconia (“SAlSZ”), which can also be referred to as scandium and aluminum doped zirconia. The yttria or alumina may comprise 1 molar percent or less in the scandia stabilized zirconia.
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cathode electrode 7 may comprise an electrically conductive material, such as an electrically conductive perovskite material, such as lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM). Other conductive perovskites, such as La1-xSrxCoO3, La1-xSrxFe1-yCOyO3 or La1-xSrxMn1-yCOyO3 where 0.1≦x≦0.4 and 0.02≦y≦0.4, respectively, may also be used. Thecathode electrode 7 can also be composed of two sublayers (a SCSZ/LSM functional layer adjacent to the electrolyte and a LSM current collection layer over the functional layer). - The
anode electrode 3 may comprise one or more sublayers. For example, the anode electrode may comprise a single layer Ni-YSZ and/or a Ni-SSZ cermet. In a preferred embodiment, the anode electrode comprises two sublayers, where the first sublayer closest to the electrolyte is composed of samaria doped ceria (“SDC”) and the second sublayer distal from the electrolyte comprises nickel, gadolinia doped ceria (“GDC”) and a scandia stabilized zirconia (“SSZ”), such as a scandia ceria stabilized zirconia (“SCSZ”). - The samaria doped ceria preferably comprises 15 to 25 molar percent, such as for example 20 molar percent samaria and a balance comprising ceria. The SDC may have the following formula: SmzCe1-zO2-δ, where 0.15≦z≦0.25. While a non-stoichiometric SDC is described by the formula where there is slightly less than two oxygen atoms for each metal atom, an SDC having two or more oxygen atoms for each metal atom may also be used. Preferably, the first sublayer contains no other materials, such as nickel, besides the SDC and unavoidable impurities. However, if desired, other materials may be added to the first sublayer, such as a small amount of nickel in an amount less than the amount of nickel in the second sublayer.
- The second sublayer comprises a cermet including a nickel containing phase and a ceramic phase. The nickel containing phase of the second sublayer preferably consists entirely of nickel in a reduced state. This phase forms nickel oxide when it is in an oxidized state. Thus, when the anode is fabricated, the nickel containing phase comprises nickel oxide. The anode electrode is preferably annealed in a reducing atmosphere prior to operation to reduce the nickel oxide to nickel. The nickel containing phase may include other metals and/or nickel alloys in addition to pure nickel, such as nickel-copper or nickel-cobalt alloys (in a reduced state) and their oxides (in an oxidized state), for example Ni1-xCuxO or Ni1-xCoxO where 0.05≦x≦0.3. However, the nickel containing phase preferably contains only nickel or nickel oxide and no other metals. The nickel is preferably finely distributed in the ceramic phase, with an average grain size less than 500 nanometers, such as 200 to 400 nanometers, to reduce the stresses induced when nickel converts to nickel oxide.
- The ceramic phase of the second sublayer preferably comprises gadolinia doped ceria and scandia stabilized zirconia. The ceramic phase may comprise a sintered mixture of GDC and SSZ (containing some or no cerium) ceramic particles. The scandia stabilized zirconia may have the same composition as the scandia stabilized zirconia of the
electrolyte 5. Preferably, the scandia stabilized zirconia of sublayer 23 has the following formula: [(ZrO2)1-y(CeO2)y]1-x(Sc2O3)x, where 0.06≦x≦0.11 and 0≦y≦0.01. While a stoichiometric stabilized zirconia is described by the formula, a non-stoichiometric stabilized zirconia having more or less than two oxygen atoms for each metal atom may be used. For example, the electrolyte may comprise SCSZ having up to 1 molar percent ceria, about 6 to about 11 molar percent scandia and a balance comprising zirconia, such as SCSZ having 1 molar percent ceria and 10 molar percent scandia (i.e., ScxCeyZr1-x-yO2 where x=0.1 and y=0.01). - Any suitable GDC may be used in the second sublayer. For example, 10 to 40 molar percent gadolinia containing GDC may be used. GDC is preferably slightly non-stoichiometric with less than two oxygen atoms for each metal atom: Ce1-mGdmO2-δ where 0.1≦m≦0.4. However, GDC containing two or more oxygen atoms for each metal atom may also be used. The weight ratio of GDC to SSZ or SCSZ in the sublayer ranges from about 2:1 to about 5:1. For example, the weight ratio may be 5:1. If the ceramic phase contains no other components besides GDC and the stabilized zirconia, then the ceramic phase in the second sublayer may range from about 70 (such as for example 66.66) weight percent GDC and about 30 (such as for example 33.33) weight percent stabilized zirconia to about 85 (such as for example 83.33) weight percent GDC and about 15 (such as for example 16.66) weight percent stabilized zirconia. The ceramic phase preferably contains no other ceramic materials besides GDC, one of SSZ or SCSZ and unavoidable impurities.
- The second sublayer preferably comprises 60 to 80 weight percent of the nickel containing phase and 40 to 20 weight percent of the ceramic phase, such as for example 75 weight percent of the nickel containing phase and 25 weight percent of the ceramic phase.
- Any suitable layer thicknesses may be used. For example, the
anode electrode 3 may be 20 to 40 microns thick, where the first sublayer is about 5 to about 10 microns thick and the second sublayer is about 15 to about 30 microns thick. The fuel cell is preferably a planar electrolyte supported cell in which the electrolyte is at least one order of magnitude thicker than the anode electrode. For example, theelectrolyte 5 may be about 150 to about 300 microns thick. Thecathode 7 may also be between 10 and 50 microns thick. - Fuel cell stacks are frequently built from a multiplicity of SOFC's 1 in the form of planar elements, tubes, or other geometries. Fuel and air has to be provided to the electrochemically active surface, which can be large. As shown in
FIG. 2 , one component of a fuel cell stack is the so called gas flow separator (referred to as a gas flow separator plate in a planar stack) 9 that separates the individual cells in the stack. The gas flow separator plate separates fuel flowing to the fuel electrode (i.e. anode 3) of one cell in the stack from oxidant, such as air, flowing to the air electrode (i.e. cathode 7) of an adjacent cell in the stack. The fuel may be a hydrocarbon fuel, such as natural gas for internally reforming cells, or a reformed hydrocarbon fuel comprising hydrogen, water vapor, carbon monoxide and unreformed hydrocarbon fuel for externally reforming cells. Theseparator 9 contains gas flow passages orchannels 8 between theribs 10. Frequently, the gasflow separator plate 9 is also used as an interconnect which electrically connects thefuel electrode 3 of one cell to theair electrode 7 of the adjacent cell. In this case, the gas flow separator plate which functions as an interconnect is made of or contains electrically conductive material, such as a Cr—Fe alloy. An electrically conductive contact layer, such as a nickel contact layer, may be provided between the anode electrode and the interconnect.FIG. 2 shows that thelower SOFC 1 is located between twogas separator plates 9. - Furthermore, while
FIG. 2 shows that the stack comprises a plurality of planar or plate shaped fuel cells, the fuel cells may have other configurations, such as tubular. Still further, while vertically oriented stacks are shown inFIG. 2 , the fuel cells may be stacked horizontally or in any other suitable direction between vertical and horizontal. - The term “fuel cell stack,” as used herein, means a plurality of stacked fuel cells which share a common fuel inlet and exhaust passages or risers. The “fuel cell stack,” as used herein, includes a distinct electrical entity which contains two end plates which are connected to power conditioning equipment and the power (i.e., electricity) output of the stack. Thus, in some configurations, the electrical power output from such a distinct electrical entity may be separately controlled from other stacks. The term “fuel cell stack” as used herein, also includes a part of the distinct electrical entity. For example, the stacks may share the same end plates. In this case, the stacks jointly comprise a distinct electrical entity. In this case, the electrical power output from both stacks cannot be separately controlled.
- A method of forming a planar, electrolyte supported
SOFC 1 shown inFIG. 1 includes forming the planarsolid oxide electrolyte 5 followed by forming thecathode electrode 7 on a first side of a planarsolid oxide electrolyte 5 and forming theanode electrode 3 on a second side ofelectrolyte 5. The anode and the cathode may be formed in any order on the opposite sides of the electrolyte. - For example, the electrolyte may be formed by mixing the YSZ powder with SSZ or SCSZ powder followed by shaping (such as tape casting, roll pressing or other suitable ceramic shaping techniques) and sintering the powders at any suitable temperature to form the electrolyte. The anode electrode containing a plurality of sublayers shown in
FIG. 1 may be formed by a screen printing method or by other suitable methods. Thefirst anode 3 sublayer can be screen printed on theelectrolyte 5, followed by screen printing the second anode sublayer on the first sublayer using any suitable ceramic powder screen printing techniques. The screen printed cell is then sintered or fired at any suitable temperature, such as a temperature between 1150 and 1400° C. in air. The cell may be separately fired or sintered after the anode deposition and after the cathode deposition at the same or different temperature. The completed cell is preferably further annealed in a reducing atmosphere, such as a hydrogen or forming gas atmosphere, to covert nickel oxide to nickel in the anode prior to using fuel cell to generate electricity as part of a fuel cell system. - A performance of various electrolytes were tested. Specifically, the performance of the YSZ and SCSZ composite electrolyte of the embodiments of the invention having the following composition (25% by weight of 3 molar percent yttria YSZ and 75% by weight of [(ZrO2)1-y(CeO2)y]1-x(Sc2O3)x where x=0.1 and y=0.01) (“YSZ+SCSZ”) was compared to the following comparative example electrolyte compositions: (a) 3 molar percent yttria YSZ (“3YSZ”); (b) 8 molar percent yttria YSZ (“8YSZ”); and (c) ScxCeyZr1-x-yO2 where x=0.1 and y=0.01 (“SCSZ”).
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FIG. 3 illustrates a plot of conductivity versus temperature for the four electrolytes. The conductivity of the YSZ+SCSZ electrolyte is higher than that of the 8YSZ and 3YSZ electrolytes, but slightly lower than that of the SCSZ electrolyte. -
FIG. 4 illustrates a bar graph comparing the CTE of the four electrolytes. The CTE of the YSZ+SCSZ electrolyte is about the same as that of the electrolytes of the comparative examples. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a plot of cell voltage versus time for a SOFC cell containing the YSZ+SCSZ electrolyte. This endurance test indicates that the cell voltage degrades about 3-4% for the first 1000 hours and about 1-2% for the second thousand hours of operation. - The foregoing description of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from practice of the invention. The description was chosen in order to explain the principles of the invention and its practical application. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto, and their equivalents.
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