The Prototypical Transition Metal Carbenes, (CO) 5 Cr=CH 2 , (CO) 4 Fe=CH 2 , (CO) 3 Ni=CH 2 , (CO) 5 Mo=CH 2 , (CO) 4 Ru=CH 2 , (CO) 3 Pd=CH 2 , (CO) 5 W=CH 2 , (CO) 4 Os=CH 2 , and (CO) 3 Pt=CH 2 : Challenge to Experiment

Weidman, Jared D.; Estep, Marissa L.; Schaefer, Henry F.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05394

To directly use a CO 2 –CH 4 gas mixture for power and CO co-production by proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (H-SOFCs), a layer of in situ reduced La 0.6 Sr 0.2 Cr 0.85 Ni 0.15 O 3−δ (LSCrN@Ni) is fabricated on a Ni–BaZr 0.1 Ce 0.7 Y 0.1 Yb 0.1 O 3−δ (BZCYYb) anode-supported H-SOFC (H-DASC) for on-cell CO 2 dry reforming of CH 4 (DRC). For demonstrating the effectiveness of LSCrN@Ni, a cell without adding the LSCrN@Ni catalyst (H-CASC) is also studied comparatively. Fueled with H 2 , both H-CASC and H-DASC show similar stable performance with a maximum power density ranging from 0.360 to 0.816 W cm −2 at temperatures between 550 and 700 °C. When CO 2 –CH 4 is used as the fuel, the performance and stability of H-CASC decreases considerably with a maximum power density of 0.287 W cm −2 at 700 °C and a sharp drop in cell voltage from the initial 0.49 to 0.10 V within 20 h at 0.6 A cm −2 . In contrast, H-DASC demonstrates a maximum power density of 0.605 W cm −2 and a stable cell voltage above 0.65 V for 65 h. This is attributed to highly efficient on-cell DRC by LSCrN@Ni.

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