Zahra Sadeghian - Research Institute of Petroleum Industry
maryam irandoost - Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Niloofar Afshar - Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Pirooz Marashi - ۱Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Solid oxide fuel cells are a technology that can convert chemical energy directly into electrical energy. In the present study, LSM single-phase nanoparticles with the nominal chemical formula La۰.۸Sr۰.۲MnO۳ were successfully synthesized by the improved Pachin method., and the infiltration of heterogeneous copper and cerium electrocatalysts on the cathode was investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to determine the phase composition. The microstructure of synthesized powdes, and surface morphology were characterized using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The coated composition was examined using Elemental Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and elemental mapping image s.The microstructure of the electrocatalysts inoculated on the cathode was investigated by FE-SEM. The inoculation of ۰.۵M copper + ۰.۵M cerium nanoparticles with broad distribution on the LSM cathode surface with dimensions from ۲۳ to ۵۲ nm was obtained. While using one-component solutions of copper and cerium, nanoparticles with dimensions of ۳۹ to ۶۱ nm and ۲۰ to ۴۲ nm were created on the cathode surface, respectively.

Infiltration, Copper, Cerium, LSM Cathode, High-temperature SOFC