Thermal stability and performance enhancement of nano-porous platinum cathode in solid oxide fuel cells by nanoscale ZrO2 capping

• Main Authors: Liu, Kang-Yu, Fan, Liangdong, Yu, Chen-Chiang, Su, Pei-Chen
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Micro-SOFCs; Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85503; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43726
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work demonstrates a nanoscale zirconia layer coated by atomic layer deposition (ALD) with only a few coating cycles on a nano-porous platinum cathode surface to serve as a physical confinement to prevent the electrode agglomeration under high temperature operation, and at the same time to enhan...