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Self-Cleaning Cathodes for Endurance to Chromium Poisoning

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1837566· OSTI ID:1837566

Chromium (Cr) poisoning remains a significant issue in long-term solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) operation. While the addition of Cr in the interconnect and balance-of-plant (BOP) materials is effective in improving their resistance to oxidation, it also causes the deposition of resistive phases in the air electrode and thus cell performance loss. Previous work has investigated the mitigation of chromium deposition using getters, Cr diffusion resistant coatings, and more chromium-tolerant air electrode materials. However, these mitigation strategies merely postpone the degradation of performance due to Cr poisoning. Additionally, some strategies require the replacement of components, e.g., use of getters. Here we investigated a new, in-situ Cr poisoning mitigation strategy.

Research Organization:
Boston Univ., MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FE0031206
OSTI ID:
1837566
Report Number(s):
DE-FE0031206
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Power sources paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228474power sources communication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powera.2020.100037ECS transaction: https://doi.org/10.1149/10301.1107ecst
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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