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Accessible triple-phase boundary length: A performance metric to account for transport pathways in heterogeneous electrochemical materials

Jan Van Herle, Marco Cantoni, Arata Nakajo

The performance of materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage depends upon the number of electrocatalytic sites available for reaction and their accessibility by the transport of reactants and products. For solid oxide fuel/electrolysis ce ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Investigation of 2R-Cell Degradation under Thermal Cycling and RedOx Cycling Conditions by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Stefan Diethelm, Jan Van Herle, Vaibhav Singh

A 2R-cell with a 10 cm2 active area LSCF cathode on a CGO buffer layer was tested at 780°C under thermal and RedOx cycling conditions; 20 thermal cycles were performed between 780°C and 100°C, using 200°C/h heating ramps and natural cooling, followed by 20 ...

2015

Electrochemical Model of a Triode Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Stefan Diethelm, Jan Van Herle, Arata Nakajo, Priscilla Caliandro

A Triode Solid Oxide Fuel Cell is a novel cell architecture that consists of two circuits: an auxiliary circuit, operated in electrolysis mode, and a conventional main fuel cell circuit. During triode operation, performance enhancement can be expected espe ...

2015

Evaluation of Protective Coatings for SOFC Interconnects

Jan Van Herle, Michele Bianco

Chromium poisoning is a widely recognized degradation process in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). Stainless steel interconnect plates, in direct contact with the cathode, have been identified as the major chromium source, raising a need for electrically cond ...

2015

Characterization of Cracks and their Effects on the Effective Transport Pathways in Ni-YSZ Anodes after Reoxidation Using X-Ray Nanotomography

Jan Van Herle, Arata Nakajo, Fabio Greco, Siyuan Wang, Jian Wang

Reduction-oxidation cycling of Ni-based electrodes for solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells irreversibly alters their microstructure and can cause the fracture of the electrolyte. Non-destructive 3-D imaging enables tracking of microstructural changes that ...

2015

Properties of Spinel Protective Coatings Prepared Using Wet Powder Spraying for SOFC Interconnects

Jan Van Herle, Michele Bianco

A wet powder spraying (WPS) method was applied to prepare protective layers of manganese cobalt spinel oxide (MCO) on commercial stainless steels of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) interconnects. Densification of the MCO layer was dependent on the thermal tre ...

2015

Damage of Siloxanes on Ni-YSZ Anode Supported SOFC Operated on Hydrogen and Bio-Syngas

Stefan Diethelm, Jan Van Herle, Christian Ludwig, Hossein Madi

This work presents the poisoning effect of organic oxo-silicon compounds (siloxanes) which are generally found in sewage biogas. Lifetime and durability associated with solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology is strongly related to the amount of contaminan ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2015

Thermo-mechanical Reliability of SOFC Stacks During Combined Long-term Operation and Thermal Cycling

Jan Van Herle, Zacharie Wuillemin, Arata Nakajo, Fabio Greco

Thermo-mechanical issues in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) must be understood and overcome to meet the reliability standards for market implementation. This study presents a thermo-mechanical model of an SOFC-stack SRU. The analysis starts with the simulati ...

2015

The Impact of Toluene on the Performance of Anode-Supported Ni-YSZ SOFC Operated on Hydrogen and Biosyngas

Stefan Diethelm, Jan Van Herle, Christian Ludwig, Hossein Madi

This paper presents an experimental study of the impact of toluene on the performance of anode-supported (AS) Ni/YSZ SOFC operating at ∼800 °C, 0.25 A/cm2 fed with H2 and biosyngas. Toluene was added to the fuel stream and its concentration increased from ...

2015

Steam and Co-Electrolysis Sensitivity Analysis on Ni-YSZ Supported Cells

Stefan Diethelm, Jan Van Herle, Giorgio Rinaldi

The present paper investigates the variation in performances in steam electrolysis and co-electrolysis of steam/CO2 on SOEC single cells.In electrolysis mode, a sensitivity analysis was performed looking in particular at the effects of temperature (750°C a ...

2015

Solid oxide fuel cell anode degradation by the effect of siloxanes

Stefan Diethelm, Jan Van Herle, Hossein Madi, Davide Papurello

Lifetime and durability issues connected with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology are strongly related to the amount of contaminants that reach the stack. In this study the focus is on organic silicon compounds (siloxanes) and their highly detrimental ...

2015

Electrochemical Performance of Nd1.95NiO4+delta Cathode supported Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Jan Van Herle

Nd1.95NiO4+delta (NNO) cathode supported microtubular cells were fabricated and characterized. This material presents superior oxygen transport properties in comparison with other commonly used cathode materials. The supporting tubes were fabricated by col ...

2015

Oxidation mechanism of nickel particles studied in an environmental transmission electron microscope

Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Jan Van Herle, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Cécile Hébert

The oxidation of nickel particles was studied in situ in an environmental transmission electron microscope in 3.2 mbar of O-2 between ambient temperature and 600 degrees C. Several different transmission electron microscopy imaging techniques, electron dif ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2014

Measurements of local chemistry and structure in Ni(O)-YSZ composites during reduction using energy-filtered environmental TEM

Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Jan Van Herle, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Cécile Hébert

Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy images are acquired during the reduction of a NiO-YSZ composite in H-2 up to 600 degrees C. Temperature-resolved quantitative information about both chemistry and structure is extracted with nm spatial resol ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

The effect of bias in gas temperature measurements on the control of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cells system

Daniel Favrat, Jan Van Herle, Leonidas Tsikonis, Joel Albrektsson

In this paper the effect of systematic errors in gas temperature measurements on the thermal control of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system is demonstrated. Three control schemes were tested under two different conditions. First, the real gas temperature at the ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Modelling the impact of creep on the probability of failure of a solid oxide fuel cell stack

Jan Van Herle, Arata Nakajo, Fabio Greco

In solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology a major challenge lies in balancing thermal stresses from an inevitable thermal field. The cells are known to creep, changing over time the stress field. The main objective of this study was to assess the influenc ...

2014

Reduction of nickel oxide particles by hydrogen studied in an environmental TEM

Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Jan Van Herle, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Cécile Hébert

In situ reduction of nickel oxide (NiO) particles is performed under 1.3 mbar of hydrogen gas (H-2) in an environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM). Images, diffraction patterns and electron energy-loss spectra (EELS) are acquired to monitor th ...

Springer US2013

Effect of Steam-to-Carbon Ratio on Degradation of Ni-YSZ Anode Supported Cells

Stefan Diethelm, Jan Van Herle, Hossein Madi

Internal steam reforming (IR) of methane was investigated on Ni- YSZ anode supported cells, looking in particular at the effect of the steam to carbon (S/C) ratio on the degradation rate. The cells were fed with different H2O/CH4 mixtures during 100 hours ...

2013

Local Activation and Degradation of Electrochemical Processes in a SOFC

Jan Van Herle, Zacharie Wuillemin, Yannik Antonetti, Hossein Madi

The local electrochemistry is studied in a SOFC repeat-element using a test setup that allows a local control of the polarization. During long-term tests, the local current densities evolve, following activation and degradation periods. Electrochemical imp ...

2013

Fabrication of structured anode-supported solid oxide fuel cell by powder injection molding

Amédée Zryd, Jan Van Herle, Zacharie Wuillemin, Antonin Faes

Powder Injection Molding (PIM) gives the possibility to produce, at an industrial rate, ceramic parts with fine details. It is thus a possible approach to reduce the fabrication costs of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). This work presents fabrication and el ...

2013

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