Japan solid oxide fuel cell development

Fujii, H. Status of National Project for SOFC Development in Japan , Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Meeting, 18. November 2002, Palm Springs, USA, (2002)... 

Fuel cell-based power plants that have an output of up to 10 kW are under vigorous development as well, and they find ever wider practical uses. Table 24.3 shows the number of such plants produced every year from 2001 to 2010. Approximately half of the units produced in 2006 had a power of about 1 kW, and the other half had an output of 1.5-10 kW, the numbers being distributed evenly over this time interval. The overwhelming number (more than 50%) of these plants were produced and set up in Japan, with the United States taking the second place. Most of the low-power units were built with polymer electrolyte fuel cells. The fraction of solid oxide fuel cells has decreased gradually. 

Fujii, H. (2002) Status of national project for SOFC development in Japan, presented at the Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, November 18, 2002. 

Yoshida H, Fujita K, Yakabe H, Yamashita S, Sobue T, Seyama T (2006) Subjects to be solved in SOFC system development. In 15th symposium on solid oxide fuel cells in Japan, Extended abstracts. The solid oxide fuel cell society of Japan, Tokyo, pp 18-21... 

Itoh H, Mori M, Mori N, Abe T (1993) Development of solid oxide fuel cells - producing cost estimation. Yokosuka Research Laboratory Rep. No. W92028, CRIEPI, Tokyo, Japan... 

Surdoval, W., S.C. Singhal, and G.L. McVay. The Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) - A U S. Department of Energy Initiative to Promote the Development of Mass Customized Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Low-Cost Power, in SOFC VII. 2000. Tsukuba, Japan The Electrochemical Society Proceedings. 

Japan In 2002, Japan nearly doubled its fuel cell R D budget to 220 million from 119 million. It created a new large-scale Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Development Program to develop PEFC fuel cells for both transport and stationary applications, leaving molten carbonate fuel cell and solid oxide fuel cell R D under the New Sunshine Program. 

A. Kawakami, S. Matsuoka, N. Watanabe, A. Ueno, T. Ishihara, N. Sakai, K. Yamaji, H. Yokokawa, Development of low-temperature micro tubular type SOFC. Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Japan, 54-57 (2004)... 

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