Effect of pressure variation on power density and efficiency of solid oxide fuel cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 158-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moritz Henke ◽  
Caroline Willich ◽  
Christina Westner ◽  
Florian Leucht ◽  
Robert Leibinger ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-190
Author(s):  
L. Zhu ◽  
L. Zhang ◽  
F. Zhao ◽  
A. V. Virkar

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (07n09) ◽  
pp. 2040038
Author(s):  
Yeageun Lee ◽  
Jianhuang Zeng ◽  
Chunhua Zheng ◽  
Wonjong Yu ◽  
Suk Won Cha ◽  
...  

To study the geometrical scale dependency of thin film solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), we fabricated three thin films SOFCs which have the same cross-sectional structure but different electrode areas of 1 mm2, 4 mm2 and 9 mm2. Since the activation and ohmic losses of SOFCs depend on their active region, we examined the variations of the power density of the cells with a Pt/YSZ/Pt structure and simulated the power density variations using the COMSOL software package.


2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (59) ◽  
pp. 31475-31487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Bischof ◽  
Andreas Nenning ◽  
Andreas Malleier ◽  
Lukas Martetschläger ◽  
Andre Gladbach ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 1070-1072 ◽  
pp. 488-491
Author(s):  
Xiu Ling Yu ◽  
Ming Fei Shi

SrFe0.9Al0.1O3-δ(SFA) powder was mixed with a different mass content of SDC 10, 20 and 30 wt.% to form SFA-SDC composite cathodes subsequently investigated as potential IT-SOFC cathodes on LSGM electrolytes. No obvious reaction products between SDC (or LSGM) and SFA occur under test for the cathode of SOFCs. As SOFC cathodes, the area-specific resistances of the SFA-SDC cathodes on the LSGM electrolyte with SDC 10, 20 and 30 wt.% at 800 oC are 0.089, 0.068 and 0.087 Ω cm2, respectively. The peak power density of the SFA-SDC20 on a 300 μm-thick LSGM electrolyte reach 512 mW cm−2 at 800 °C.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroo Yugami ◽  
Kensuke Kubota ◽  
Yu Inagaki ◽  
Fumitada Iguchi ◽  
Shuji Tanaka ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMicro-solid oxide fuel cells (Micro-SOFCs) with yttrium-doped barium zirconate (BZY) and strontium and cobalt-doped lanthanum scandate (LSScCo) electrolytes were fabricated for low-temperature operation at 300 °C. The micro-SOFC with a BZY electrolyte could operate at 300 °C with an open circuit voltage (OCV) of 1.08 V and a maximum power density of 2.8 mW/cm2. The micro-SOFC with a LSScCo electrolyte could operate at 370 °C; its OCV was about 0.8 V, and its maximum power density was 0.6 mW/cm2. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed that the electrolyte resistance in both the micro-SOFCs was lower than 0.1 Ωcm2, and almost all of the resistance was due to anode and cathode reactions. Although the obtained maximum power density was not sufficient for practical applications, improvement of electrodes will make these micro-SOFCs promising candidates for power sources of mobile electronic devices.


2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichiro Otomo ◽  
Keiko Waki ◽  
Koichi Yamada

The performance of current solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) was evaluated in terms of the cell designs and the physicochemical properties of the component materials such as the electrode and electrolyte in order to demonstrate the potentials of state-of-the-art SOFC technology for the widespread use of SOFCs. A flat tubular type SOFC stack for residential use was analyzed as a standard case of a production version in terms of stack volume, weight, and material cost. The power density and power generation efficiency were also evaluated by model estimation. A microtubular type SOFC was evaluated as an example of an advanced cell design. The assessment of the cell design can pinpoint performance advantages of the microtubular type in stack volume, weight, material cost, volumetric power density, and efficiency. In addition, we attempted to demonstrate an analysis for the concurrent comparison of the impact of cell designs and material properties on cell performance by using volumetric power density as a common assessment criterion. Through the assessment with the state-of-the-art SOFC technology, it is possible to make a quantitative comparison of the significances of cell design and material property. The present assessment suggests that the development of cell design is a consistent approach to improving cell and stack performance. In this way, the proposed assessment can provide hints to a reliable research strategy for improving cell performance and realizing the widespread use of SOFCs.


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