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High Performance Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fabricated with Ni–Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Anode Prepared by Electroless Technique
Author(s) -
Mukhopadhyay Madhumita,
Mukhopadhyay Jayanta,
Das Sharma Abhijit,
Basu Rajendra N.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of applied ceramic technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1744-7402
pISSN - 1546-542X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2011.02646.x
Subject(s) - anode , materials science , cermet , yttria stabilized zirconia , solid oxide fuel cell , cubic zirconia , oxide , electrochemistry , chemical engineering , nickel , composite material , metallurgy , electrode , ceramic , chemistry , engineering
Nickel (Ni)–8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) cermet prepared through novel electroless technique is used as solid oxide fuel cell anode. The developed anode (28 vol% Ni) is used in two different configurations, viz. anode support and anode active layer (AAL). Highest electrochemical performance of 3.2 A/cm 2 with lowest cell area specific resistance (∼94 mΩ cm 2 ) at 800°C is obtained from anode‐supported single cell having an optimized 15 μm electroless AAL. Electrochemical performances are correlated with anode pore‐size distributions. Such high performance cells also exhibit significant low degradation rate (∼2% 1000 h −1 at a load 0.5 A/cm 2 ) during long‐term testing.