Study of an Electrolyte Free Fuel Cell from Recycled Conventional Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
FAN Liang-Dong1, HE Yun-Juan2, ZHU Bin1, 2
（1Department of Energy Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), S100 44 Stockholm, Sweden；2Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Faculty of Physics and Electronic Technology, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China）
Abstract Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) has attracted great attention in the past decades for high efficient power and heat generation, but its commercialization has been delayed due to the high cost and insufficient lifespan. The electrolyte free fuel cell (EFFC), a new energy conversion device, could effectively overcome the above issues related with the SOFC. In this work, an EFFC is constructed from the used conventional membrane electrode assembly SOFC. The electrochemical performance of SOFC and EFFC are investigated and compared in the H2/air condition. The EFFC gives a lower open circuit voltage, but higher power density than conventional SOFC. EFFC also shows a stable performance in a short term testing of 30 minutes. The research results demonstrated the potential application of EFFC for low temperature and highly effective energy conversion.
This research is supported by the Swedish Research Council (VR, Contract No. 621-2011-4983), the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA, Contract No. P365451), and the EC FP7 TriSOFC project (Contract No.303454) and the Hubei provincial 100-talent distinguished professor program.
Corresponding Authors: Liangdong Fan (范梁栋), Royal Institute of Technology, E-mail: liangd_fan@hotmail.com.
Email: liangd_fan@hotmail.com
About author: Liangdong Fan (范梁栋), male, born at 1985. Research field: Nanocomposite for advanced fuel cell technology.
Cite this article:
FAN Liang-Dong, HE Yun-Juan, ZHU Bin.Study of an Electrolyte Free Fuel Cell from Recycled Conventional Solid Oxide Fuel Cell[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2014,V31(3): 61-66
2014, Vol. 31 
