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Satisfactory conductivity is maintained up to 1800 °C in air but falls off at low oxygen pressures so that the upper temperature limit is reduced to 1400 °C when the pressure is reduced to 0.1 Pa. A further limitation arises from the volatility of Cr2C>3 which may contaminate the furnace charge. The combination of high melting point, high electronic conductivity and resistance to corrosion has led to the adoption of lanthanum chromite for the interconnect in high temperature solid oxide fuel cells (see Section 4.5.3). 

The direct hydrocarbon fuel cell has shown a great promise for its simplicity and significant potential for further improvement in the power density. Enhancing the current density for intermediate and low temperature solid oxide fuels requires innovation in both materials development for electrode catalysts as well as fabrication approaches. 

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Current availability of individual lanthanides (plus Y and La) in a state of high purity and relatively low cost has stimulated research into potential new applications. These are mainly in the field of solid state chemistry and include solid oxide fuel cells, new phosphors and perhaps most significantly high temperature superconductors... 

This reaction is of great technological interest in the area of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) since it is catalyzed by the Ni surface of the Ni-stabilized Zr02 cermet used as the anode material in power-producing SOFC units.60,61 The ability of SOFC units to reform methane "internally", i.e. in the anode compartment, permits the direct use of methane or natural gas as the fuel, without a separate external reformer, and thus constitutes a significant advantage of SOFC in relation to low temperature fuel cells. 

These effects can all be enhanced if the point defects interact to form defect clusters or similar structures, as in Fej xO above or U02, (Section 4.4). Such clusters can suppress phase changes at low temperatures. Under circumstances in which the clusters dissociate, such as those found in solid oxide fuel cells, the volume change can be considerable, leading to failure of the component. 

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