{"id":1179,"date":"2026-04-15T12:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:37:50","slug":"nanoengineering-of-cathode-layers-for-solid-oxide-fuel-cells-to-achieve-superior-power-densities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"Nanoengineering of cathode layers for solid oxide fuel cells to achieve superior power densities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>DOI:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-021-24255-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1038\/s41467-021-24255-w<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Authors:<\/h4>\n<p>Katherine Develos-Bagarinao, Tomohiro Ishiyama, Haruo Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Shimada, Katsuhiko Yamaji<\/p>\n<h4>Abstract:<\/h4>\n<p>Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are power-generating devices with high efficiencies and considered as promising alternatives to mitigate energy and environmental issues associated with fossil fuel technologies. Nanoengineering of electrodes utilized for SOFCs has emerged as a versatile tool for significantly enhancing the electrochemical performance but needs to overcome issues for integration into practical cells suitable for widespread application. Here, we report an innovative concept for high-performance thin-film cathodes comprising nanoporous La<sub>0.6<\/sub>Sr<sub>0.4<\/sub>CoO<sub>3<\/sub><sub>&#8211;<\/sub><sub>\u03b4<\/sub> cathodes in conjunction with highly ordered, self-assembled nanocomposite La<sub>0.6<\/sub>Sr<sub>0.4<\/sub>Co<sub>0.2<\/sub>Fe<sub>0.8<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub><sub>&#8211;<\/sub><sub>\u03b4<\/sub> (lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite) and Ce<sub>0.9<\/sub>Gd<sub>0.1<\/sub>O<sub>2<\/sub><sub>&#8211;<\/sub><sub>\u03b4<\/sub> (gadolinia-doped ceria) cathode layers prepared using pulsed laser deposition. Integration of the nanoengineered cathode layers into conventional anode-supported cells enabled the achievement of high current densities at 0.7 V reaching ~2.2 and ~4.7 A\/cm<sup>2<\/sup> at 650 \u00b0C and 700 \u00b0C, respectively. This result demonstrates that tuning material properties through an effective nanoengineering approach could significantly boost the electrochemical performance of cathodes for development of next-generation SOFCs with high power output.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOI: 10.1038\/s41467-021-24255-w Authors: Katherine Develos-Bagarinao, Tomohiro Ishiyama, Haruo Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Shimada, Katsuhiko Yamaji Abstract: Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are power-generating devices with high efficiencies and considered as promising alternatives to mitigate energy and environmental issues associated with fossil fuel technologies. Nanoengineering of electrodes utilized for SOFCs has emerged as a versatile tool for significantly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vsp-300-potentiostat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}