Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

A niobium and tantalum co-doped perovskite cathode for solid oxide fuel cells operating below 500 °C

  • Mengran Li,
  • Mingwen Zhao,
  • Feng Li,
  • Wei Zhou,
  • Vanessa K. Peterson,
  • Xiaoyong Xu,
  • Zongping Shao,
  • Ian Gentle,
  • Zhonghua Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13990
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Sluggish activity of cathode materials impedes operation of solid oxide fuel cells at low temperatures. Here, the authors report a niobium and tantalum co-doped perovskite cathode exhibiting high electroactivity below 500 °C, and argue that the dopants improve the cathode performance synergistically.