Recent Advances in the Development of Electrode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 417
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Materials entitled “Recent Advances in the Development of Electrode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)” welcomes the submission of original research manuscripts: Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
With the increasing attention on energy and environmental issues, fuel cells that efficiently convert chemical energy directly into electrical energy have emerged as a key to realizing carbon-free clean energy for a hydrogen economy society. Among several types-fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) have attracted considerable attention as they offer very high efficiencies and fuel flexibility, as well as having unique scalability in electric-power generation. SOFC consist of ceramic layered sandwich structural electrochemical devices that operate at high temperatures allowing useful exhaust heat and so increasing the total energy efficiency but also presenting some challenging issues to be solved for widespread SOFC implementation. Although productive SOFC stack components with durability and reliability would be a clear approach to realizing cost-effective SOFC applications, perhaps the most important breakthrough currently being addressed relates to the materials, particularly electrode materials; it has focused on electrode materials and processing with corrosion components, volatilization of some specific elements, poor redox stability, and chemical compatibility at the interface between each component.The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the current status of potential materials development in new SOFC technologies, including a discussion of the fundamental understanding of the effects of electrochemical performance, the crystal structure, and microstructural refinement. Potential topics should be focused on electrode materials in SOFC, but are not confined to this area.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue.
Dr. Tea Ho Shin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Solid oxide fuel cells
- Solid oxide electrolysis cells
- Anode materials
- Cathode materials
- Exsolution materials
- Interconnect materials
- Chromium poison
- Strontium segregation
- REDOX stability
- Perovskites in SOFC
