Abstract:
A fuel cell includes a MEA that includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, the solid electrolyte layer containing an ion-conducting solid oxide; at least one first porous metal body arranged to oppose at least one of the cathode and the anode; and an interconnector arranged to oppose the first porous metal body and having a gas supply port and a gas discharge port formed therein. The first porous metal body includes a porous metal body S that opposes the gas supply port and has a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, and a porous metal body H that has a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton and is other than the porous metal body S. A porosity Ps of the porous metal body S and a porosity Ph of the porous metal body H satisfy a relationship: Ps
Abstract:
The present invention refers to a test system for multi fuel high-temperature operating fuel cells, which allows the direct use of carbon-base fuels, including anhydrous ones, without promoting or limiting carbon deposition in the gas inlet and outlet ducts, as well as in the flow channels anode, said system comprising: a furnace (5) containing a reactor (4), the reactor consisting of at least two interconnection plates and at least one fuel cell (15) located between two interconnection plates, wherein one of the interconnection plates in contact with a fuel cell is a cathodic side, which receives oxidizing gas, and the other interconnecting plate in contact with said fuel cell is an anodic side, which receives combustible gas, the system further comprising a controlled means of gas feeding and exhaustion connected to the reactor (4), wherein each plate further comprises a plurality of flow channels (14) on its upper and lower surface, wherein the oxidizing gas and the combustible gas pass through the flow channels (14) to contact with the electrodes of the fuel cell (15), and wherein the base, top and interconnection plates are made of a zirconium oxide or cerium oxide-based material doped with one or more of the oxides of yttria, scandia, calcia, gadolinia, samaria, alumina and cobaltite, with a total amount of dopants up to 20% by weight.
Abstract:
The cell according to the present disclosure has a support body having a length direction and a pair of main surfaces, and an element part in which a first electrode, a solid electrolyte layer having an oxide containing a rare earth element oxide as a main component, and a second electrode are stacked, in that order, on one of the main surfaces of the support body. The cell also has a first layer provided on the other main surface of one end part of the support body in the length direction, which layer contains a different amount of a rare earth element oxide that is the same oxide as the main component of the solid electrolyte layer, and is stronger than the solid electrolyte layer. A second layer is provided between the first layer and the support body, and the second layer has a higher content of a component that is the same as the component contained in the support body than the first layer, and also contains the same component as the first layer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composite for an electrode, a composite precursor, a method of manufacturing a composite, and the composite obtained by said method. The invention further relates to an electrode comprising the composite, as well as a solid state electrochemical cell comprising the composite. The invention also relates to the use of the composite as a fuel electrode, solid oxide fuel cell, and/or solid oxide electrolyser. The invention discloses a composite for an electrode, comprising a three-dimensional network of dispersed metal particles, stabilised zirconia particles and pores, wherein the size of the pores is smaller than the size of the metal particles, wherein the size of the metal particles is essentially equal to or smaller than the size of the stabilised zirconia particles, wherein the porosity is below 33, 30, or 29 vol %, more preferably below 26 or 24 vol %, and most preferably below 23, 22, 21, 18, 15, or 13 vol %, and/or wherein the pores are essentially exclusively generated from the volume created by reducing a corresponding metal oxide to the metal particles.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a plurality of fuel cells connected to each other in series, and a reformer configured to reform raw fuel, wherein reformed fuel by the reformer is supplied to a first stage of the plurality of fuel cells, and the fuel cell on the first stage is provided with a methane reaction suppressing function which suppresses reaction of methane included in the reformed fuel to a larger extent than at least one fuel cell on a second and later stages. Suppressing temperature drop due to endothermic reaction in the fuel cell on the first stage can improve the efficiency of electric power generation of the fuel cell system having the plurality of fuel cells arranged in series.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a solid oxide fuel cell system including a coating layer, in which a coating layer having excellent durability at high temperatures is formed on surfaces of parts and pipes disposed inside a high-temperature box of a solid oxide fuel cell to prevent oxidation due to high temperatures or chromium volatilization due to high temperatures. The solid oxide fuel cell system including a coating layer includes a high-temperature box, a burner, a heat exchanger, and a stack disposed within the high-temperature box, a plurality of pipes as gas transfer passages among the burner, the heat exchanger, and the stack, and a coating layer formed on surfaces of the burner, the heat exchanger, and the pipe to prevent oxidation due to high temperatures and chromium volatilization due to high temperatures.
Abstract:
Realized are a high-performance electrochemical element and solid oxide fuel cell in which the contact properties between a dense and highly-gastight electrolyte layer and an electrode layer are improved while the treatment temperature during formation of the electrolyte layer is suppressed to a low temperature, and methods for producing the same. An electrochemical element includes an electrode layer 3, and an electrolyte layer 4 arranged on the electrode layer 3, wherein the electrode layer 3 has a plurality of pores that are open on a face thereof in contact with the electrolyte layer 4, and the pores are filled with fine particles made of the same components as the electrolyte layer 4.
Abstract:
Realized are an electrochemical element and a solid oxide fuel cell that have a dense electrolyte layer and that have excellent durability and robustness, and methods for producing the same. An electrochemical element includes: a metal substrate 2 having a plurality of through holes 21; an electrode layer 3 provided over a front face of the metal substrate 2; and an electrolyte layer 4 provided over the electrode layer 3, wherein the through holes 21 are provided passing through the front face and a back face of the metal substrate 2, the electrode layer 3 is provided in a region larger than a region, of the metal substrate 2, in which the through holes 21 are provided, and the electrolyte layer 4 has a first portion 41 coating the electrode layer 3, and a second portion 42 that is in contact with the front face of the metal substrate 2.