• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 17, Issue 1, 013 (2025)
Sajid Rauf1, Muhammad Bilal Hanif2, Zuhra Tayyab1, Matej Veis2..., M. A. K. Yousaf Shah3, Naveed Mushtaq3, Dmitry Medvedev4,5,*, Yibin Tian1,**, Chen Xia6, Martin Motola2 and Bin Zhu3,***|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava, Ilkovicova, 684215 Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 3Energy Storage Joint Research Center, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People’s Republic of China
  • 4Hydrogen Energy Laboratory, Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
  • 5Laboratory of Electrochemical Devices Based on Solid Oxide Proton Electrolytes, Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry, 620066 Ekaterinburg, Russia
  • 6School of Microelectronics, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01523-0 Cite this Article
    Sajid Rauf, Muhammad Bilal Hanif, Zuhra Tayyab, Matej Veis, M. A. K. Yousaf Shah, Naveed Mushtaq, Dmitry Medvedev, Yibin Tian, Chen Xia, Martin Motola, Bin Zhu. Alternative Strategy for Development of Dielectric Calcium Copper Titanate-Based Electrolytes for Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17(1): 013 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The development of low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (LT-SOFCs) is of significant importance for realizing the widespread application of SOFCs. This has stimulated a substantial materials research effort in developing high oxide-ion conductivity in the electrolyte layer of SOFCs. In this context, for the first time, a dielectric material, CaCu3Ti4O12 (CCTO) is designed for LT-SOFCs electrolyte application in this study. Both individual CCTO and its heterostructure materials with a p-type Ni0.8Co0.15Al0.05LiO2-δ (NCAL) semiconductor are evaluated as alternative electrolytes in LT-SOFC at 450–550 °C. The single cell with the individual CCTO electrolyte exhibits a power output of approximately 263 mW cm-2 and an open-circuit voltage (OCV) of 0.95 V at 550 °C, while the cell with the CCTO–NCAL heterostructure electrolyte capably delivers an improved power output of approximately 605 mW cm-2 along with a higher OCV over 1.0 V, which indicates the introduction of high hole-conducting NCAL into the CCTO could enhance the cell performance rather than inducing any potential short-circuiting risk. It is found that these promising outcomes are due to the interplay of the dielectric material, its structure, and overall properties that led to improve electrochemical mechanism in CCTO–NCAL. Furthermore, density functional theory calculations provide the detailed information about the electronic and structural properties of the CCTO and NCAL and their heterostructure CCTO–NCAL. Our study thus provides a new approach for developing new advanced electrolytes for LT-SOFCs.
    Sajid Rauf, Muhammad Bilal Hanif, Zuhra Tayyab, Matej Veis, M. A. K. Yousaf Shah, Naveed Mushtaq, Dmitry Medvedev, Yibin Tian, Chen Xia, Martin Motola, Bin Zhu. Alternative Strategy for Development of Dielectric Calcium Copper Titanate-Based Electrolytes for Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17(1): 013
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