Influence of Microstructure and Surface Activation of Dual-Phase Membrane Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-δ-FeCo2O4 on Oxygen Permeation

Madhumidha Ramasamy, Stefan Baumann, Justinas Palisaitis, Falk Schulze-Küppers, Maria Balaguer, Daejin Kim, Wilhelm A. Meulenberg, Jochim Mayer, Ramesh Bhave, Olivier Guillon, Martin Bram

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    Abstract

    Dual-phase oxygen transport membranes are fast-growing research interest for application in oxyfuel combustion process. One such potential candidate is CGO-FCO (60 wt% Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-δ-40 wt% FeCo2O4) identified to provide good oxygen permeation flux with substantial stability in harsh atmosphere. Dense CGO-FCO membranes of 1 mm thickness were fabricated by sintering dry pellets pressed from powders synthesized by one-pot method (modified Pechini process) at 1200°C for 10 h. Microstructure analysis indicates presence of a third orthorhombic perovskite phase in the sintered composite. It was also identified that the spinel phase tends to form an oxygen deficient phase at the grain boundary of spinel and CGO phases. Surface exchange limitation of the membranes was overcome by La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ (LSCF) porous layer coating over the composite. The oxygen permeation flux of the CGO-FCO screen printed with a porous layer of 10 μm thick LSCF is 0.11 mL/cm2 per minute at 850°C with argon as sweep and air as feed gas at the rates of 50 and 250 mL/min.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)349-355
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
    Volume99
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2016

    Funding

    This work is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Commission via the FP7 project GREENCC (Grant Agreement no. 608524). The authors thank Dr. D. Sebold and Dr. J. Sohn for SEM and XRD analyses, respectively and Mr. S. Heinz for his technical assistance in sample preparation (all Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IEK-1).

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