C. Lagergren et G. Lindbergh, EXPERIMENTAL-DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITIES IN POROUS MOLTEN-CARBONATE FUEL-CELL ELECTRODES, Electrochimica acta, 44(2-3), 1998, pp. 503-511
In this work an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy method fbr the
determination of the effective conductivities of the pore electrolyte
and electrode matrix in porous electrodes has been used. The technique
has been employed on porous nickel oxide and lithium cobaltite cathod
es partly flooded with lithium-potassium carbonate melt in cathode gas
environment. The experimental results show that the effective conduct
ivity of the pore electrolyte of a porous nickel oxide cathode is 0.9-
2.2 Omega(-1) m(-1) at the most. If data are approximately corrected f
or the faradaic reaction the effective conductivity becomes 0.1-0.7 Om
ega(-1) m(-1). For the lithium cobaltite cathode the measured conducti
vity of the solid phase is similar to the data measured ex-situ. The e
ffective conductivity of the pore electrolyte is 0.8 Omega(-1) m(-1),
i.e. close to the results found for nickel oxide cathodes. The effecti
ve conductivity of the pore electrolyte calculated by means of a theor
etical model is 0.5-3.5 Omega(-1) m(-1). (C) 1998 Published by Elsevie
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