19 Feb New scientific publication for the OxyBatt project
We are pleased to announce the publication, by our partner IREC – Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, of a scientific paper in which grain boundary engineering is validated for fuel cell cathodes giving a demonstration on how a purely electronic conductor can be transformed into an excellent ionic conductor through thin-film nanostructuring:
Leveraging Grain Boundary Effects for Nanostructured Electrode Layers in Symmetric Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Federico Baiutti, Francesco Chiabrera, Marlene Anzengruber, Kosova Kreka, Juande Sirvent, Lluis Yedra, Fjorelo Buzi, Macej Oskar Liedke, Andrea Cavallaro, Albert Carmona Zuazo, Sonia Estradé, Maik Butterling, Eric Hirschmann, Andreas Wagner, Ainara Aguadero, Francisca Peiró, Albert Tarancon
Published: 17 February 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400872
The discovery of high grain boundary conductivity in a stable material like lanthanum chromite opens possibilities for other applications—including oxygen battery anodes, as we are exploring in our OxyBatt project.