An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study on mixed conductive La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ cathodes. I. Electrical conductivity and electronic structure
- 17 August 2011
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Vol. 13 (37), 16637-16643
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp20982e
Abstract
The electrical conduction mechanism of mixed conductive perovskite oxides, La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ, for cathode materials of solid oxide fuel cells has been investigated from electronic structural changes during oxygen vacancy formation. La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ was annealed under various oxygen partial pressures p(O2)s at 1073 K and quenched. Iodometric titration indicated that the oxygen nonstoichiometry of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ depended on the annealing p(O2), with more oxygen vacancies introduced at lower than at higher p(O2)s. X-Ray absorption spectroscopic measurements were performed at the O K-, CoL-, FeL-, CoK-, and FeK-edges. The valence states of the Co and Fe ions were investigated by the X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) at the Co and FeLIII-edges. While the Fe average valence was almost constant, the valence of the Co ions decreased with oxygen vacancy introduction. The O K-edge XANES spectra indicated that electrons were injected into the Co 3d/O 2p hybridization state with oxygen vacancy introduction. Both absorption edges at the Co and FeK-edge XANES shifted towards lower energies with oxygen vacancy introduction. The shift at the CoK-edge resulted from the decrease in the Co average valence and that at the FeK-edge appeared to be caused by changes in the coordination environment around the Fe ions. The total conductivity of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ decreased with decreasing p(O2), due to a decreasing hole concentration.Keywords
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