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Manufacturing of planar ceramic interconnects

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/460181· OSTI ID:460181
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
The fabrication of ceramic interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and separator plates for electrochemical separation devices has been a perennial challenge facing developers. Electrochemical vapor deposition (EVD), plasma spraying, pressing, tape casting and tape calendering are processes that are typically utilized to fabricate separator plates or interconnects for the various SOFC designs and electrochemical separation devices. For sake of brevity and the selection of a planar fuel cell or gas separation device design, pressing will be the only fabrication technique discussed here. This paper reports on the effect of the characteristics of two doped lanthanum manganite powders used in the initial studies as a planar porous separator for a fuel cell cathode and as a dense interconnect for an oxygen generator.
Research Organization:
Fuel Cell Seminar Organizing Committee (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
460181
Report Number(s):
CONF-961107--Absts.; ON: TI97001494
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English