EU H2020 Project "ALIFEINSOFCS (Augmented Lifetime of Infiltrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cells)": description, partecipants, costs and EC-fundings

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Coordinator	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE Organization address address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW7 2AZ website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
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

#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE	UK (LONDON)	coordinator	183˙454.00

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE

UK (LONDON)

coordinator

183˙454.00

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

List of 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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