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Near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron - and impedance spectroscopy study of NiO - Ce 0.9 Gd 0.1 O 2-δ anode reduction using a novel dual-chamber spectroelectrochemical cell

Nurk, Gunnar ; Kooser, Kuno ; Urpelainen, Samuli LU ; Käämbre, Tanel LU ; Joost, Urmas ; Kodu, Margus ; Kivi, Indrek ; Kanarbik, Rait ; Kukk, Edwin and Lust, Enn (2018) In Journal of Power Sources 378. p.589-596
Abstract
This paper reports an experimental study, where the reduction of NiO-GDC to Ni-GDC is monitored using high temperature (HT) near ambient pressure (NAP) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) in combination with simultaneous impedance spectroscopy (IS). The experiment is carried out using a dual chamber (DC)-HT-NAP-XPS cell designed for membrane electrode studies. The dual chamber measurement cell enables adequate electrochemical feedback, i.e. the possibility of measuring the working electrode potential against a Pt reference electrode in a well-known environment (pO2 = 0.2 bar) and of monitoring the pO2 value on the studied electrode through open circuit voltage (OCV) measurements. Simultaneous changes of electrode impedance and O 1s, Ce... (More)
This paper reports an experimental study, where the reduction of NiO-GDC to Ni-GDC is monitored using high temperature (HT) near ambient pressure (NAP) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) in combination with simultaneous impedance spectroscopy (IS). The experiment is carried out using a dual chamber (DC)-HT-NAP-XPS cell designed for membrane electrode studies. The dual chamber measurement cell enables adequate electrochemical feedback, i.e. the possibility of measuring the working electrode potential against a Pt reference electrode in a well-known environment (pO2 = 0.2 bar) and of monitoring the pO2 value on the studied electrode through open circuit voltage (OCV) measurements. Simultaneous changes of electrode impedance and O 1s, Ce 4d and Ni 3p electron binding energies are observed and discussed. The shape of the O 1s photoelectron peak is significantly influenced by the equilibria of Ce4+ ↔ Ce3+ and Ni2+ ↔ Ni0, influenced by pO2, in analysis chamber. (Less)
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589 - 596
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0378-7753
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10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.12.080
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  author       = {{Nurk, Gunnar and Kooser, Kuno and Urpelainen, Samuli and Käämbre, Tanel and Joost, Urmas and Kodu, Margus and Kivi, Indrek and Kanarbik, Rait and Kukk, Edwin and Lust, Enn}},
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  series       = {{Journal of Power Sources}},
  title        = {{Near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron - and impedance spectroscopy study of NiO - Ce 0.9 Gd 0.1 O 2-δ  anode reduction using a novel dual-chamber spectroelectrochemical cell}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.12.080}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.12.080}},
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