PhD Thesis Defence Presentations - Alexandros Safakas
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Abstract (Περίληψη)
A comparative assessment of the behavior of a series of eight (8) perovskite oxides with general formula La0.8Sr0.2CoxFe1-xO3 (including La0.8Sr0.2FeO3 and La0.8Sr0.2CoO3) was conducted, as catalysts for CO and propane combustion and as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for application in high temperature solid oxide fuel cells as well as in low temperature alkaline fuel cells. The main conclusion derived from the study of the catalytic behavior of La0.8Sr0.2CoxFe1-xO3 powders for CO and propane oxidation, under oxidative and stoichiometric feed conditions, was that the catalytic activity increased with increasing Co/Fe ratio in the perovskite composition, this effect being more pronounced for oxidative conditions. The study of the impedance characteristics of La0.8Sr0.2CoxFe1-xO3 electrodes interfaced to CeO2-Gd2O3 electrolyte under oxygen partial pressures PO2 ranging from 0.7 to 100 kPa and temperatures from 600 to 850 οC revealed that these characteristics were determined by up to two main processes whose relative contribution in shaping the open circuit total polarization resistance depended on PO2, temperature and Co/Fe ratio. Finally, the study of electrocatalysts composed of a mixture of La0.8Sr0.2CoxFe1-xO3 and carbon black (performed mainly via the rotating disk technique) as it concerns oxygen reduction in alkaline medium at room temperature showed that gradual substitution of Fe by Co in the oxide’s composition results in increase of the electrocatalytic activity. Also, an increase in the number of transferred electrons was found, from ca. 2 for La0.8Sr0.2FeO3/C to ca. 4 for La0.8Sr0.2CoO3/C, implying a gradual change in the reaction mechanism. In all above cases, the origin of the observed behavior was associated with changes in the electronic structure of the surface B-sites (Co- and Fe-sites) induced by changing the Co/Fe ratio, as well as with changes in the concentration of oxygen vacancies.
Speakers Short CV (Σύντομο Βιογραφικό Ομιλητή)
Studies
2007: Diploma (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece
Publications and Conference participation
Oxygen reduction reaction on La0.8Sr0.2CoxFe1-xO3-δ perovskite/carbon black electrocatalysts in alkaline medium.
Alexandros Safakas, Georgios Bampos, Symeon Bebelis,
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental Volume 244, 5 May 2019, Pages 225-232
Oxygen Reduction Reaction on La0.8Sr0.2CoxFe1-xO3-δ/C in Alkaline Medium
Georgios Bampos, Alexandros Safakas, Symeon Bebelis,
69th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, 2-7 September 2018, Bologna, Italy
Electrochemical Impedance Study of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on La0.8Sr0.2CoxFe1-xO3-δ/C Electrocatalysts in Alkaline Medium
Alexandros Safakas, Georgios Bampos, Symeon Bebelis
25th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, New Electrochemical processes for energy and the environment, 12-15 May 2019, Toledo, Spain
Research interests
Perovskite oxides in catalytic and electrocatalytic applications
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and Rotating Disk Electrode technique (RDE)
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Electrode deposition techniques in solid electrolytes
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline media