Single-chamber solid oxide fuel cells SC-SOFCs

Abstract Single-chamber solid oxide fuel cells (SC-SOFCs) immerse the entire cell in a mixture of fuel and oxidizer gases within a single chamber, which eliminates the need for high temperature sealant, simplifies construction, and increases reliability over traditional double-chamber cells. However, there are challenges, such as low fuel utilization and electrode catalytic selectivity, that need to be overcome. This brief review paper looks at recent improvements in materials, processing, and operation of SC-SOFCs, which are rapidly approaching the performances of the double-chamber fuel cells and may become attractive for specific fuel cell applications. 

A single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell (SC-SOFC), which operates using a mixture of fuel and oxidant gases, provides several advantages over the conventional double-chamber SOFC, such as simplified cell structure with no sealing required and direct use of hydrocarbon fuel [1, 2], The oxygen activity at the electrodes of the SC-SOFC is not fixed and one electrode (anode) has a higher electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of the fuel than the other (cathode). Oxidation reactions of a hydrocarbon fuel can... 

Single-chamber solid oxide fuel cells (SC-SOFCs) have attracted considerable attention in recent years as they have the potential to reduce the material and manufacturing costs of SOFCs [1,2], SC-SOFCs are operated with a feed mixture of fuel and oxidant gas, which no longer require the use of expensive and voluminous gas separators and high-temperature gas sealing... 

At present the coplanar design principle is used primarily for single-chamber solid-oxide fuel cells (SC-SOFCs), for which its advantages are very substantial (see Section 18.5). In the literature there are few indications of the application of this principle to other fuel cell types. 

Single-chamber solid-oxide fuel cells (SC-SOFCs) are a variety of solid-oxide fuel cells in which the principle of mixed-reactant supply is used. A SC-SOFC... 

SC-SOFC single-chamber solid-oxide fuel cell... 

Keywords solid oxide fuel cell, SOFC, hydrogen, hydrocarbon, single chamber, SC-SOFC... 

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