Effect of Nb2O5 doping on improving the thermo-mechanical stability of sealing interfaces for solid oxide fuel cells

Abstract Nb2O5 is added to a borosilicate sealing system to improve the thermo-mechanical stability of the sealing interface between the glass and Fe-Cr metallic interconnect (Crofer 22APU) in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The thermo-mechanical stability of the glass/metal interface is evaluated e...

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Autores principales: Qi Zhang, Xinhang Du, Shengwei Tan, Dian Tang, Kongfa Chen, Teng Zhang
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d62de31c051642e595e03e58041043aa
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Sumario:Abstract Nb2O5 is added to a borosilicate sealing system to improve the thermo-mechanical stability of the sealing interface between the glass and Fe-Cr metallic interconnect (Crofer 22APU) in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The thermo-mechanical stability of the glass/metal interface is evaluated experimentally as well as by using a finite element analysis (FEA) method. The sealing glass doped with 4 mol.% Nb2O5 shows the best thermo-mechanical stability, and the sealing couple of Crofer 22APU/glass/GDC (Gd0.2Ce0.8O1.9) remains intact after 50 thermal cycles. In addition, all sealing couples show good joining after being held at 750 °C for 1000 h. Moreover, the possible mechanism on the thermo-mechanical stability of sealing interface is investigated in terms of stress-based and energy-based perspectives.