Applications of SC-SOFCs Systems

The proof of concept that SC-SOFCs can be considered for portable power generation was provided by Shao etal. [19], who successfully powered a 1.5 V MP3 player with a miniature two-ceU SC-SOFC stack. The heat generated from the exothermic reactions allowed rapid start-up from cold start to stable power in less than 1 min and thermally self-sustained the system. However, the low cell efliciency of current SC-SOFCs questions their practical implementation, and energy-harvesting appHcations where energy is generated from waste gases and efficiency plays a secondary role seem more adequate. Hibino and co-workers 

Since the begiiming of SC-SOFC research in the 1990s, significant progress in this technology has been made in terms of cell design, fabrication, materials, and generated power output. Due to fuel cell operation in a fuel-oxidant gas 

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