Coking-free direct-methanol-flame fuel cell with traditional nickel–cermet anode
Abstract
This paper presents a systematic study of a direct-flame solid oxide fuel cell (DF-SOFC) operating on methanol and ethanol flames by SEM, EIS, I-V polarization and mass spectrometer (MS) characterizations and numerical simulation. The experimental study demonstrated that, by adopting a conventional Ni + Sm_(0.2)Ce_(0.8)O_(1.9) (SDC) anode, irreversible carbon deposition and a drop of cell performance was observed when running the cell on an ethanol flame, while no carbon was deposited by operating on a methanol flame. Fuel cell stability tests indicated significant degradation in performance after 3 h of operation on an ethanol flame, while no degradation was observed after 30 h of operation on a methanol flame. A simple qualitative explanation of the difference observed in the electrochemical performance for the fuel cell operating on a methanol flame and an ethanol flame is presented based on numerical simulation.
Additional Information
© 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Received 19 March 2010; revised 7 May 2010; accepted 8 May 2010. Available online 18 June 2010. This work was supported by the Doctorate Foundation of Nanjing University of Technology (No.38000043) and the National Basic Research Program of China (No.2007CB209704). Dr Zongping Shao would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Chinese Ministry of Education via the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams at the University (No.IRT0732).Additional details
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- 38000043
- Doctorate Foundation of Nanjing University of Technology
- 2007CB209704
- National Basic Research Program of China
- IRT0732
- Chinese Ministry of Education Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams
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