APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY:
- Alternative fuel vehicles
ADVANTAGES:
- Achieves high power density
- Viable, low-cost competitor to all-ceramic SOFCs
ABSTRACT:
Berkeley Lab researcher Michael Tucker has invented symmetric-architecture MS-SOFCs that achieve high power density by optimizing the catalyst infiltration procedure. For details on the fabrication procedure, see the researcher’s publications, noted below.
MS-SOFCs offer several advantages over conventional, all-ceramic SOFCs, including low-cost structural materials, mechanical ruggedness, excellent tolerance to redox cycling, and extremely fast start-up capability. Past challenges to adopting MS-SOFCs such as oxidation of the metal support at high temperatures, the need to sinter stainless steel in a reducing atmosphere, and moderate performance and durability are overcome by the Berkeley Lab MS-SOFC technology.
DEVELOPMENT STAGE: Proven principle.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dogdibegovic, E., Wang, R., Lau, G., Tucker, M. “High performance metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells with infiltrated electrodes,” Journal of Power Sources, 410-411 (2019), 91-98.
STATUS: Published U. S. Patent Application 15/968,917 (Publication No. 2018/0323443). Licensed for certain Fields of Uses. Parties interested in licensing or collaborative research should contact ipo@lbl.gov.
SEE THESE OTHER BERKELEY LAB TECHNOLOGIES IN THIS FIELD:
Metal-Supported Proton Conducting Solid Oxide Cell, 2018-121
Improvements in Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Cell Durability, 2019-081
Cerium Hydrogen Redox Flow Batteries, 2016-051
