| Autor: |
Nunzia Coppola, Bertrand Morel, Giovanni Carapella, Dario Montinaro, Alice Galdi, Hafiz Sami Ur Rehman, Pierpaolo Polverino, Cesare Pianese, Julie Mougin, Luigi Maritato |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
Crystals, Vol 13, Iss 7, p 1040 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2073-4352 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/cryst13071040 |
| Popis: |
We investigated the influence of a fuel change from pure hydrogen to a hydrogen–ammonia mixture at different percentages on the electrochemical behavior of 50 mm in diameter Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) with sputtered thin buffer layers of Gd-doped ceria, varying the working temperatures from 800 °C to 650 °C. The results show that the performances of the cells are not affected by the fuel change for high working temperatures (800 °C and 750 °C). As an example, a power density value of 802 mW∙cm−2 at 1 A∙cm−2 is found when directly feeding the cell with 8 NmL∙min−1cm−2 of ammonia and with an equivalent flowrate of 12 NmL∙min−1cm−2 of H2. These power density output values are higher than those obtained in industrial state-of-art (SoA) SOFCs with screen-printed buffer layers fed with equivalent hydrogen flowrates, thanks to the improved electrochemical performances obtained in the case of cells with sputtered thin buffer layers of Gd-doped ceria. At lower working temperatures (700 °C and 650 °C), slight changes in the electrochemical behavior of the cells are observed. Nevertheless, in this temperature range, we also obtain an output current density value of 0.54 A∙cm−2 in a pure ammonia flowrate of 12 NmL min−1cm−2 at 800 mV and 700 °C, equal to the value observed in SoA button cells with industrial screen-printed GDC barrier layer fueled with 16 NmL∙min−1cm−2 of H2. These results pave the way towards the use of innovative SOFC structures with sputtered thin buffer layers fueled by ammonia. |
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