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Current Status of Fabrication of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Emission-Free Energy Conversion

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Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are promising energy conversion devices due to their environment friendly operation with relatively high efficiencies (=60 %). High power densities and stability upon interruption of fuel supply are required to realize the applications of the SOFC technology. The two main approaches for SOFC fabrication, namely; co-sintering of powders and infiltration of catalytically active components into porous scaffolds are described. It is stressed that the fabrication technique determines the performance of the SOFCs. Co-sintering of powders allow achieving high power densities while infiltration technique yields SOFC that show no performance degradation upon fuel interruption.

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  1. Saint-Gobain Research and Development Center, Northborough, MA, 01532, USA

    Ayhan Sarikaya

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65409, USA

    Aligul Buyukaksoy & Fatih Dogan

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

    Ibrahim Dincer

  2. Makina Muhendisligi Bolumu, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey

    Can Ozgur Colpan

  3. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    Fethi Kadioglu

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Sarikaya, A., Buyukaksoy, A., Dogan, F. (2013). Current Status of Fabrication of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Emission-Free Energy Conversion. In: Dincer, I., Colpan, C., Kadioglu, F. (eds) Causes, Impacts and Solutions to Global Warming. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7588-0_29

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