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| Author(s): |
Gabriel Magalhães e Silva
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) |
| Defense date: | 2018-04-09 |
| Examining board members: |
Marcia Carvalho de Abreu Fantini;
Giancarlo Esposito de Souza Brito;
Daniel Zanetti de Florio;
Tereza da Silva Martins;
Manfredo Harri Tabacniks
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| Advisor: | Marcia Carvalho de Abreu Fantini |
| Abstract | |
The modern world is extremely dependent on fossil combustibles as primary source of energy and, this dependence brings political, economic and ambient problems. As a possible solution to these problems are the fuel cells, because they are devices that generate clean electric energy directly from electrochemical reactions, producing besides electric energy, heat and water. Therefore, these cells are reliable, renewable and non-pollutant sources, that contribute to the sustainable development. Related to it, this work had the main goal the synthesis (by a new method) and characterization of porous materials based on lanthanum chromite, LaxSr1-xCryFe1-y(Mn1-y)O3-?, for possible use as anode and cathode material of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). In particular, studies of anodes in which the electronic transport is performed by ceramic materials instead of metals are the most promising recent research area. Moreover, materials based on lanthanum manganite doped with strontium are now a days the more used materials for SOFC cathodes. In this thesis, the materials were synthesized by the sol-gel method with directing and swelling structure agents, resulting in porous sponge materials with perovskite structure, but having spurious phases. The influence of the calcination and doping of the materials upon the crystallographic and porous structures were studied. Higher calcination temperature favored the formation of the perovskite structure and reduced the presence of spurious phases, but reduced the porosity, mainly of smaller mesopores and the surface area. On the other hand, doping the B site in materials with 75 %mol of La and the calcination at 1000 oC produced a higher mesopore volume, a higher amount of small mesopores and favored the retention of the rhombohedral perovskite structure. Regarding the catalytic behavior, the cells with electrodes of La0,33Sr0,66Cr0,33Mn0,33O3-? presented the best results as anode and cathode among the evaluate samples. Moreover, two materials were obtained, a ceramic one, (La0,33Sr0,66Cr0,33Mn0,33O3-?) and a ceramic composite, (La0,33Sr0,66Cr0,33Mn0,33O3-? + ZrO2 8%mol Y2O3), good candidates as SOFC cathodes. These materials have a chemical composition, which were not reported in the literature for this application, being unique. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/03257-2 - LaxSr1-xCryFe1-yO3-d mesoporous anodes: synthesis and properties |
| Grantee: | Gabriel Magalhães e Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |