Improving thermal stability of nanoporous platinum cathode at platinum/yttria-stabilized zirconia interface by oxygen plasma treatment

• Main Authors: Liu, Kang-Yu, Baek, Jong Dae, Ng, Chee Seng, Su, Pei-Chen
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Nanoporous Pt Cathode
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141207
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A short oxygen plasma treatment applied on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrolyte of a solid oxide fuel cell has effectively improved the adhesion between the nanoporous Pt thin film cathode and the YSZ electrolyte, which stabilizes the electrochemically active nanoscale features of Pt at YSZ...