Collaborative Research: Three-Dimensional Microstructural and Chemical Mapping of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes: Processing, Structure, Stability, and Electrochemistry

合作研究：固体氧化物燃料电池电极的三维微观结构和化学测绘：加工、结构、稳定性和电化学

• 批准号: 0907030
• 负责人: Katsuyo Thornton
• 金额: $ 39.36万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-15 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0907030&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Three; Dimensional; Microstructural

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Three-Dimensional Microstructural andChemical Mapping of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes: Processing,Structure, Stability, and ElectrochemistryInstitution: Northwestern UniversityAbstract Date: 06/11/09This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) offer an important new option for converting fuels to electricity with increased efficiency, reduced pollution, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The race to reap the commercial and environmental benefits of this technology is largely being decided by practical issues, including cost and device reliability. The proposed project seeks to better understand how SOFC performance and reliability are linked to manufacturing methods and constituent materials properties, by the acquisition and analysis of three-dimensional images of the fuel cells. Such images can be used to determine what structures yield improved performance and hence reduced cost, find manufacturing conditions that yield the desired structure/chemistry, and examine the factors causing fuel cells to degrade over time.The improved structural and chemical information will be disseminated to the fuel cell research and development community where it will help enable critical connections, for example between industrial developers ? who need reliable performance/lifetime predictions ? and modelers ? who require good structural/chemical information to make such predictions. A substantial number of graduate and undergraduate students, in many cases from underrepresented groups, will receive training through this project. There are a number of other educational impacts, including high-school science teachers participating in summer research.TECHNICAL DETAILS:The limited quantitative information available on electrode structure and interfacial chemistry poses a major barrier to fundamental understanding of fuel cell performance and stability. This Focused Research Group is examining the relationships between the processing, structure, and electrochemical properties of key SOFC materials, utilizing a set of tools based on focused ion beam ? scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) to determine the microstructure of SOFC electrodes in three-dimensions (3D). The projectincludes fabrication of state-of-the-art SOFCs, detailed electrochemical characterization using novel impedance spectroscopy methods, structural measurement using FIB-SEM, segmentation of the data into 3D phase maps, visualization of the microstructures, extraction of macrohomogeneous structural parameters, and simulations of microstructural coarsening and electrochemical polarization based directly on 3D data sets. Additional information regarding interdiffusion, accumulation of cation speciesand/or impurities at interfaces, and second phases is obtained with analytical scanning transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis and synchrotron X-ray methods. Availability of this 3D microstructure information will be instrumental for transforming our understanding of how fuel cell electrodes work to a more quantitative science. Broad impacts of the project include the continued growth of a 3D structural data library available to researchers/developers nationwide, and development of analysis toolsrelevant to the broader 3D microstructure community. Students and teachers involved in the project receive training on state of the art tools for fuel-cell fabrication, electrochemical testing, microscopy, and materials modeling.

提案标题：合作研究：固体氧化物燃料电池电极的三维微观结构和化学测绘：加工、结构、稳定性和电化学机构：西北大学摘要日期：06/11/09该奖项由《2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案》资助（公法 111-5).非技术描述：固体氧化物燃料电池（SOFC）为将燃料转化为电力提供了一种重要的新选择，可以提高效率、减少污染并减少温室气体排放。能否获得这项技术的商业和环境效益很大程度上取决于实际问题，包括成本和设备可靠性。该项目旨在通过采集和分析燃料电池的三维图像，更好地了解 SOFC 的性能和可靠性与制造方法和构成材料特性之间的关系。此类图像可用于确定哪些结构可以提高性能，从而降低成本，找到产生所需结构/化学成分的制造条件，并检查导致燃料电池随时间退化的因素。改进的结构和化学信息将传播给燃料电池研究和开发社区将帮助实现关键联系，例如工业开发商之间的联系？谁需要可靠的性能/使用寿命预测？和模型师？他们需要良好的结构/化学信息来做出此类预测。大量研究生和本科生（在许多情况下来自代表性不足的群体）将通过该项目接受培训。还有许多其他教育影响，包括高中科学教师参加暑期研究。技术细节：有关电极结构和界面化学的定量信息有限，对燃料电池性能和稳定性的基本理解构成了主要障碍。该重点研究小组正在利用一套基于聚焦离子束的工具，研究关键 SOFC 材料的加工、结构和电化学性能之间的关系。扫描电子显微镜 (FIB-SEM) 确定 SOFC 电极的三维 (3D) 微观结构。该项目包括制造最先进的 SOFC、使用新颖的阻抗谱方法进行详细的电化学表征、使用 FIB-SEM 进行结构测量、将数据分割成 3D 相图、微观结构的可视化、宏观均匀结构参数的提取以及直接基于 3D 数据集模拟微观结构粗化和电化学极化。通过分析扫描透射电子显微镜 (TEM) 分析和同步加速器 X 射线方法获得有关相互扩散、界面处阳离子种类和/或杂质的积累以及第二相的附加信息。 这种 3D 微观结构信息的可用性将有助于将我们对燃料电池电极工作原理的理解转变为更加定量的科学。该项目的广泛影响包括全国研究人员/开发人员可用的 3D 结构数据库的持续增长，以及与更广泛的 3D 微观结构社区相关的分析工具的开发。参与该项目的学生和教师接受有关燃料电池制造、电化学测试、显微镜和材料建模的最先进工具的培训。