Cost-effective single step cofiring process for manufacturing solid oxide fuel cells using HSC™ anode

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210101-0210105

  Yoon, Kyung Joong ^a   Ye, Guosheng ^b   Gopalan, Srikanth ^a   Pal, Uday B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BTU International   (United States)

Author keywords

Cofiring; Fuel utilization; High shear compaction (HSC); Screen printing; Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs); Wet powder spray (WPS)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANODE SUBSTRATE; ANODE-SUPPORTED; BARRIER LAYERS; CA-DOPED; CATHODE CURRENT COLLECTORS; CELL PERFORMANCE; CO-FIRING FUELS; COFIRED; COMPOSITE CATHODE; CRACK FREE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FABRICATION PROCESS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FORMING PROCESS; FUEL UTILIZATION; HIGH SHEAR; HIGH-VOLUME PRODUCTION; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; NOVEL CERAMICS; PLANAR SOLIDS; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS NI; REMAINING COMPONENT; SCALE-UP; SINGLE-STEP COFIRING; TRIPLE PHASE BOUNDARY; WET POWDER; WET POWDER SPRAYING; YSZ ELECTROLYTES;

CALCIUM; CATHODES; CELLS; COMPACTION; FABRICATION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SCREEN PRINTING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77955439727     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3177449     Document Type: Article

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