Abstract
When the solid oxide fuel cell uses ethanol as fuel, it is highly prone to cause carbon deposition and cell failure in the traditional Ni-based ceramic anode. Herein, Ni0·9Cu0·1TiO3-δ catalytic reforming layer is coated on the surface of the traditional Ni-based anode to address this issue. It has been shown that the reforming layer of Ni0·9Cu0·1TiO3-δ decomposes into Ni–Cu alloy and TiO2 under reducing atmosphere, which significantly improves the coking resistance performance of the anode. Cells with Ni0·9Cu0·1TiO3-δ layer have excellent electrocatalytic performance, and the maximum power density can reach 867 mW cm−2 at 800 °C using ethanol as fuel. Moreover, it doesn’t show significant degradation in the 50h stability test, proving that the Ni0·9Cu0·1TiO3-δ reforming layer has good coking resistance performance and electrocatalytic activity when used in direct ethanol solid oxide fuel cells.
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