Citation: Doudou Gu, Guan Zhang, Jing Zou. High temperature thermo-photocatalysis driven carbon removal in direct biogas fueled solid oxide fuel cells[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(11): 3548-3552. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.01.050 shu

High temperature thermo-photocatalysis driven carbon removal in direct biogas fueled solid oxide fuel cells

Doudou Gu ^{a, c} ,
Guan Zhang ^{a, c, *,} ,
Jing Zou ^{b, **,}

a.
Institute of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
b.
General Education Division, School of Humanities & Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
c.
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China

zhangguan@hit.edu.cn

zoujing@cuhk.edu.cn

Received Date: 17 January 2021
Revised Date: 26 January 2021
Accepted Date: 28 January 2021
Available Online: 2 February 2021

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Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can directly convert renewable biogas into electricity with high efficiency at high temperature, however the long-term stability of SOFCs is significantly affected by the carbon deposition on the anode during cell operation. Herein, we report a novel carbon removal approach by high temperature infrared light driven photocatalytic oxidation. Upon the comparison of electrochemical performance of Ni-YSZ anode and TiO₂ modified Ni-YSZ anode in the state-of-the-art single cell (Ni-YSZ/YSZ/LSCM), the modified anodes exhibit markedly improved peak powder density with simulated biogas fuel (70% CH₄+ 30% CO₂) at 850 ℃ with less coking after 40 h operation. The high activity and carbon deposition resistance of the modified anode is possibly attributed to thein situ generated hydroxyl radical from the reduced TiO_x powder under high temperature infrared light excitation, which is supported by detailed analysis of microstructural information of anodes and the powder-based thermo-photocatalytic experiments.
- Thermo-photocatalysis,
- Infrared light excitation,
- Carbon removal,
- Biogas utilization,
- Solid oxide fuel cells
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