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Simulation Of The Oxygen Reduction Reaction (Orr) Inside The Cathode Catalyst Layer (Ccl) Of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using The Kinetic Monte Carlo Method, Baosheng Bai, Yi-Tung Chen Sep 2018

Simulation Of The Oxygen Reduction Reaction (Orr) Inside The Cathode Catalyst Layer (Ccl) Of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using The Kinetic Monte Carlo Method, Baosheng Bai, Yi-Tung Chen

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

In this paper, a numerical model of the kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method has been developed to study the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) that occurs inside the cathode catalyst layer (CCL). Firstly, a 3-D model of the CCL that consists of Pt and carbon spheres is built using the sphere packing method; secondly, an efficient procedure of the proton-oxygen reaction process is developed and simulated. In the proton-oxygen reaction process, all of the continuous movements of protons and oxygen are considered. The maximum reaction distance is determined to be 8 Å. The input pressures of protons and oxygen are represented …


Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6 As Cathodes For Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells With La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.87Mg0.13O3 Electrolyte, Guoliang Xiao, Qiang Liu, Fei Zhao, Lei Zhang, Changrong Xia, Fanglin Chen Mar 2011

Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6 As Cathodes For Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells With La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.87Mg0.13O3 Electrolyte, Guoliang Xiao, Qiang Liu, Fei Zhao, Lei Zhang, Changrong Xia, Fanglin Chen

Faculty Publications

The performance of Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6 (SFMO) as a cathode material has been investigated in this study. The oxygen ionic conductivityof SFMO reaches 0.13 S cm-1 at 800°C in air. The chemical diffusion coefficient (Dchem) and surface exchange constant (kex) of SFMO at 750°C are 5.0 x 10-6 cm2 s-1 and 2.8 x 10-5 cm s-1, respectively, suggesting that SFMO may have good electrochemicalactivity for oxygen reduction. SFMO shows a thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) of 14.5 x 10-6 K-1 the …