Abstract
Microstructural features and physical properties of the anodes crucially affect the electrochemical performance of anode-supported solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). This paper evaluated the microstructural characteristics and properties including porosity, pore size distribution, sintering shrinkage, mechanical strength, and electrical conductivity of the SOFC anode using carbon microspheres (CMSs) as the pore-former in the fabrication of Ni/YSZ ceramic anode. CMSs with different average particle sizes (CMS1: 11.54 μm, CMS2: 4.39 μm, and CMS3: 0.27 μm) were synthesized, and then incorporated into NiO/YSZ at various volumetric blend ratios ranging from 4.4 to 44.6 vol.%. SOFC anode cermets with a desirable range of porosity (30–40%), shrinkage (15.9–17.3%), flexural strength (75.4–157.8 N), and electrical conductivity (253.5–510.7 S/cm) were obtained using approximately 4–10 vol% of CMS1, 4–20 vol.% of CMS2, and 10–34 vol.% of CMS3. In addition, the use of CMS as the pore former reduced the amount of closed pores in the anode disks from 2.05% to <1%.
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