Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Materials

von: R. Saravanan

Materials Research Forum LLC, 2018

ISBN: 9781945291517 , 182 Seiten

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Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Materials


 

front-matter

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table of contents

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1. Introduction

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1.1 Objectives

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1.2 Perovskites – An introduction

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1.3 Literature review on lanthanum chromites and lanthanum manganites

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1.3.1 Crystal structure of La(Cr/Mn)O3

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1.3.2 Properties of La(Cr/Mn)O3

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1.3.3 Applications of La(Cr/Mn)O3

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1.4 Literature review on doped lanthanum chromites and lanthanum manganites

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1.4.1 Properties of doped La(Cr/Mn)O3

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1.4.2 Applications of doped La(Cr/Mn)O3

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1.5 Preparation of manganite structure materials

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1.5.1 Solid state reaction method

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1.5.2 Synthesis

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1.5.2.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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1.5.2.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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1.5.2.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites – (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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1.5.2.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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1.5.2.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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1.6 Characterization methods

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1.6.1 Powder X-ray diffraction

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1.6.2 UV-visible spectrophotometry

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1.6.3 Scanning electron microscopy

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1.6.4 Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

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1.6.5 Vibrating sample magnetometry

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1.7 Methodologies used for analysis

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1.7.1 Structural determination using the Rietveld refinement technique

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1.7.1.1 Peak shape

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1.7.1.2 Peak width

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1.7.1.3 Preferred orientation

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1.7.1.4 Background function

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1.7.1.5 Refinement procedure

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1.7.1.6 Rietveld refinement with JANA 2006

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1.7.2 Electron density distribution

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1.7.3 Charge density derived from Fourier method

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1.7.2.2 Maximum entropy method

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1.7.2.3 Methodology for the determination of charge density

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1.7.3 Optical band gap determination

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1.7.4 Grain size determination

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References

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2. Results

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2.1 Introduction

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2.2 Structural characterization - Powder X-ray diffraction

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2.2.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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2.2.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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2.2.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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2.2.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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2.2.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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2.3 Morphological characterization and elemental confirmation - SEM/EDS

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2.3.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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2.3.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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2.3.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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2.3.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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2.3.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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2.4 Optical characterization - UV-visible absorption spectra

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2.4.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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2.4.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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2.4.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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2.4.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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2.4.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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2.5 Magnetic characterization – Vibrating sample magnetometry

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2.5.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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2.5.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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2.5.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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2.5.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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2.5.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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2.6 Charge density distribution studies by maximum entropy method

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2.6.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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2.6.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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2.6.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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2.6.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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2.6.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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References

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3. Analysis of Results

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3.1 Introduction

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3.2 Synthesis of manganite structure materials

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3.3.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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3.3.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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3.3.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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3.3.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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3.3.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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3.4 Grain size analysis

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3.5 Surface morphology and elemental analysis by SEM/EDS

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3.5.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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3.5.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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3.5.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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3.5.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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3.5.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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3.6 Optical band gap analysis by UV-visible absorption spectra

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3.6.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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3.6.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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3.6.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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3.6.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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3.6.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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3.7 Magnetic analysis by vibrating sample magnetometer measurements

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3.7.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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3.7.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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3.7.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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3.7.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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3.7.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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3.8 Charge density distribution analysis by maximum entropy method

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3.8.1 (Co, Mn) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Mnx)O3

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3.8.2 (Co, Fe) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Fex)O3

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3.8.3 (Co, Cu) doped (La, Ca) based chromites - (La0.8Ca0.2)(Cr0.9-xCo0.1Cux)O3

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3.8.4 La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites

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3.8.5 La1-xSrxMnO3 manganites

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References

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4. Conclusion

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4.1 Conclusion

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a) Structural properties

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b) Surface morphology and elemental compositions

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c) Optical studies

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d) Magnetic properties

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e) Charge density distribution studies using MEM

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back-matter

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