ALifeInSOFCs
Augmented Lifetime of Infiltrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
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| Coordinator |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
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| Coordinator Country | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Project website | http://www.imperial.ac.uk/electrochem-sci-eng |
| Total cost | 183˙454 € |
| EC max contribution | 183˙454 € (100%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility) |
| Code Call | H2020-MSCA-IF-2014 |
| Funding Scheme | MSCA-IF-EF-ST |
| Starting year | 2015 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2015-09-01 to 2017-08-31 |
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| 1 | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE | UK (LONDON) | coordinator | 183˙454.00 |
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Project objective
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are one of the most promising technologies to produce electricity in a clean and efficient way. However, their practical application is still limited by detrimental degradation during operation as a consequence of convoluted chemical, mechanical and microstructural deterioration processes, occurring especially at the anode when hydrocarbon fuels are used. This project aims to assess the electrode microstructural degradation through a combined experimental/modelling approach consisting of accelerated ageing tests, impedance spectroscopy analysis, tomographic reconstruction of samples, particle-based algorithms and electrochemical model simulations. Infiltrated cermet anodes are considered in the study, due to their well-defined microstructure that allows them to be, at the same time, a good model platform to assess the microstructural evolution and a high performing alternative for SOFC applications. The synergic integration of experimental activities, microstructural characterization and model simulations is expected to identify and quantify the underlying mechanisms of microstructural degradation (e.g., particle coarsening and agglomeration) and to suggest strategies to enhance the durability of infiltrated electrodes (for example, by adding a controlled amount of ceramic nanoparticles to limit the coarsening of metallic particles within the electrode). The project, combining the researcher's expertise in microstructural and electrochemical modelling with the competences in testing and tomographic characterization at the host institution, is expected to be a pillar in the researcher's academic career while significantly contributing to boost the European excellence in a cutting-edge and multidisciplinary topic such as the fabrication and characterization of efficient and durable solid oxide fuel cells.
Publications
| year | authors and title | journal | last update |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |
S.J. Cooper, A. Bertei, P.R. Shearing, J.A. Kilner, N.P. Brandon TauFactor: An open-source application for calculating tortuosity factors from tomographic data published pages: 203-210, ISSN: 2352-7110, DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2016.09.002 |
SoftwareX 5 | 2019-07-23 |
| 2016 |
A. Bertei, F. Tariq, V. Yufit, E. Ruiz-Trejo, N. P. Brandon Guidelines for the Rational Design and Engineering of 3D Manufactured Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Composite Electrodes published pages: F89-F98, ISSN: 0013-4651, DOI: 10.1149/2.0501702jes |
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 164/2 | 2019-07-23 |
| 2017 |
Xuekun Lu, Benhard Tjaden, Antonio Bertei, Tao Li, Kang Li, Dan Brett, Paul Shearing 3D Characterization of Diffusivities and Its Impact on Mass Flux and Concentration Overpotential in SOFC Anode published pages: F188-F195, ISSN: 0013-4651, DOI: 10.1149/2.0111704jes |
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 164/4 | 2019-07-23 |
| 2017 |
Jingyi Chen, Antonio Bertei, Enrique Ruiz-Trejo, Alan Atkinson, Nigel P. Brandon Characterization of Degradation in Nickel Impregnated Scandia-Stabilize Zirconia Electrodes during Isothermal Annealing published pages: F935-F943, ISSN: 0013-4651, DOI: 10.1149/2.0821709jes |
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 164/9 | 2019-07-23 |
| 2017 |
A. Bertei, E. Ruiz-Trejo, K. Kareh, V. Yufit, X. Wang, F. Tariq, N.P. Brandon The fractal nature of the three-phase boundary: A heuristic approach to the degradation of nanostructured solid oxide fuel cell anodes published pages: 526-536, ISSN: 2211-2855, DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.06.028 |
Nano Energy 38 | 2019-07-23 |
| 2016 |
A. Bertei, E. Ruiz-Trejo, F. Tariq, V. Yufit, A. Atkinson, N.P. Brandon Validation of a physically-based solid oxide fuel cell anode model combining 3D tomography and impedance spectroscopy published pages: 22381-22393, ISSN: 0360-3199, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.09.100 |
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41/47 | 2019-07-23 |
| 2017 |
E Ruiz-Trejo, A. Bertei, A. Maserati, P. Boldrin, N. P. Brandon Oxygen Reduction, Transport and Separation in Low Silver Content Scandia-Stabilized Zirconia Composites published pages: F3045-F3054, ISSN: 0013-4651, DOI: 10.1149/2.0081710jes |
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 164/10 | 2019-07-23 |
| 2017 |
Samuel J. Cooper, Antonio Bertei, Donal P. Finegan, Nigel P. Brandon Simulated impedance of diffusion in porous media published pages: , ISSN: 0013-4686, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.07.152 |
Electrochimica Acta | 2019-07-23 |
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