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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 37, Issue 9, Pages 8043-8050Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.11.050
Keywords
Proton conductor; Lanthanum tungstate; Tracer- and chemical relaxation; Thermogravimetry
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- Research Council of Norway through the RENERGI [190901]
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Diffusion- and surface exchange coefficients for incorporation and transport of protons and water in lanthanum tungstate, La27.15W4.85O55.28V0.73 have been determined from thermogravimetric relaxation. Tracer diffusion of protons has proved to be considerably faster than chemical diffusion of water, whereas the tracer surface exchange process is somewhat slower than its chemical counterpart. Consequently, tracer relaxations display larger critical thicknesses than the chemical ones and are moreover found to be predominantly surface controlled. The activation energy of the chemical diffusion coefficient changes above 700 degrees C and this transition and a corresponding change in its water vapor dependency are discussed in light of chemical diffusion of water. The activation energy of the chemical surface exchange coefficient under reducing conditions is the half of that under oxidizing. Platinum nano particles have proved 1:0 increase the rate of water incorporation under reducing conditions. Copyright (C) 2011, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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