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Effect of chromium do** on structural development and electrical properties of LaNiO3 perovskites

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Perovskite-type oxides (ABO3) are potential alternatives as electrode materials for IT-SOFC. Their properties of electronic conduction, catalytic activity, and stability in oxidative and reductive atmospheres arouse this interest. Due to their electronic conduction properties, both LaNiO3 perovskites, commonly used as a cathode, and LaCrO3 perovskites, commonly used as interconnectors, can also be developed to be used as an anode. Thus, this work describes the results of experiments carried out on Cr-doped LaNiO3 compositions aiming at their use as fuel cell anodes. The compositions of LaNi1 − xCrxO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.7) were synthesized by a modified Pechini method, and the effects of replacing Ni with Cr in LaNiO3, mainly perovskite phase formation and structural stability, beyond microstructure and electrical properties were analyzed. Phases with a perovskite-like structure were obtained via calcination at 900 °C. For the sintered samples, it was observed that an increase in the amount of Cr led to an increase in porosity. The compositions with x = 0.7 and x = 0.5 sintered at 1300 and 1400 °C remained single-phase after sintering, while the composition x = 0.3 sintered at 1500 °C and the composition x = 0.0 sintered at 1250 °C decomposed into secondary phases. Concerning electrical properties, the activation energy values obtained were consistent with electronic conductivity, 0.03 eV, indicating p-type conduction in an oxidizing atmosphere.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Brazilian research funding agency CAPES - Brazil (National Council for the Improvement of Higher Education, Finance PVE-88881.030418/2013-01) and CNPq - Brazil (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development − 422,336/2016-5). The authors also thank the Multi-user Laboratory Complex of the State University of Ponta Grossa (C-LABMU/UEPG) for providing analyses.

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    Janaina Semanech Borcezi, Kethlinn Ramos, Ana Kaori de Oliveira Ouba, Adriana Antonio Scoton Chinelatto, Leonardo Pacheco Wendler & Adilson Luiz Chinelatto

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Janaina Semanech Borcezi: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal Analysis, Resources, Writing original draft. Kethlinn Ramos: Validation, Resources, Investigation, Writing – review & editing. Ana Kaori de Oliveira Ouba: Methodology, Formal Analysis. Adriana Scoton Antonio Chinelatto: Conceptualization, Formal Analysis, Supervision, Writing review & editing. Edson Cezar Grzebielucka: Data Curation, Validation, Resources, Investigation. Francielli Casanova Monteiro: Formal Analysis, Data Curation, Validation. João Frederico Haas Leandro Monteiro: Formal Analysis, Data Curation, Validation. Leonardo Pacheco Wendler: Validation, Resources, Investigation, Writing – review & editing. Adilson Luiz Chinelatto: Conceptualization, Funding Acquisition, Project Administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing.

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Borcezi, J.S., Ramos, K., de Oliveira Ouba, A.K. et al. Effect of chromium do** on structural development and electrical properties of LaNiO3 perovskites. J Electroceram 51, 281–291 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-023-00336-8

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