Effects of Humidity on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes

Technical Report · Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1177304· OSTI ID:1177304

Hardy, John S. ^[1]; Stevenson, Jeffry W. ^[1]; Singh, Prabhakar ^[2]; Mahapatra, Manoj K. ^[2]; Wachsman, E. D. ^[3]; Liu, Meilin ^[4]; Gerdes, Kirk R. ^[5]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
3. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
4. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
5. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)

This report summarizes results from experimental studies performed by a team of researchers assembled on behalf of the Solid-state Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Core Technology Program. Team participants employed a variety of techniques to evaluate and mitigate the effects of humidity in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathode air streams on cathode chemistry, microstructure, and electrochemical performance.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1177304
• Report Number(s): PNNL-24115; AA6040000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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