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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

Aqueous stabilisation of carbon-encapsulated superparamagnetic alpha-iron nanoparticles for biomedical applications

Heinrich Hofmann, Géraldine Sylvie Coullerez, Sandra Caroline Galmarini, Lionel André Maurizi, Marie-Gabrielle Chantal Brigitte Ollivier Beuzelin

Carbon-based nanomaterials, such as carbon-encapsulated magnetic nanoparticles (CEMNP, core@shell), show a wide range of desirable properties for applications in the biomedical field (clinical MRI, hyperthermia), for energy production and storage (hydrogen ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Ni2P enhances the activity and durability of the Pt anode catalyst in direct methanol fuel cells

Xile Hu, Ligang Feng

Pt is the state-of-the-art anode catalyst in direct methanol fuel cells. Here we report that Ni2P promotes the activity and stability of Pt in electrochemical methanol oxidation. Nanoparticles of Ni2P and Pt were co-deposited on a carbon support and their ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

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

Bio-inspired nanocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Klaus Kern, Sebastian Stepanow, Benjamin Wurster

Electrochemical conversions at fuel cell electrodes are complex processes. In particular, the oxygen reduction reaction has substantial overpotential limiting the electrical power output efficiency. Effective and inexpensive catalytic interfaces are theref ...

Nature Publishing Group2013

Material Study of Micromachined Thin Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Yan Yan

Miniaturized, low temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) that operate below 600 °C are promising for supplying electrical power to portable devices. Thin electrolyte membranes of less than one micrometer thickness have been shown to yield reasonable po ...

EPFL2012

Microfluidic synthesis of chitosan-based nanoparticles for fuel cell applications

Philippe Renaud, Arnaud Bertsch, Fatemeh Sadat Majedi, Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi, Mojtaba Taghipoor

A microfluidic platform is developed for the synthesis of monodisperse, 100 nm, chitosan based nanoparticles using nanogelation with ATP. The resulting nanoparticles tuned and enhanced transport and electrochemical properties of Nafion based nanocomposite ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2012

Mechanical reliability and durability of SOFC stacks. Part II: Modelling of mechanical failures during ageing and cycling

Daniel Favrat, Jan Van Herle, Arata Nakajo

Intricate relationships between mechanical and electrochemical degradation aspects likely affect the durability of solid oxide fuel cell stacks. This study presents a modelling framework that combines thermo-electrochemical models including degradation and ...

2012

Compilation of mechanical properties for the structural analysis of solid oxide fuel cell stacks. Constitutive materials of anode-supported cells

Jan Van Herle, Arata Nakajo, Antonin Faes

The mechanical failure of one cell is sufficient to lead to the end of service of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack. Therefore, there is growing interest in gaining knowledge on the mechanical properties of the cell materials for stress analysis. This s ...

2012

Chromium Poisoning : The Needle in the SOFC Stack

Josef Andreas Schuler

This thesis focuses on Cr-poisoning in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), which currently presents a key challenge for the development of this technology. By the implementation of dedicated experimental tools, this work offers a new access to, and comprehensio ...

EPFL2012

Combined Cr and S poisoning in solid oxide fuel cell cathodes

Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Jan Van Herle, Zacharie Wuillemin, Josef Andreas Schuler, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Caroline Calderone

This work aims to compare the effect of combined chromium and sulfur contaminating conditions to the Cr contamination alone on the Cr poisoning mechanisms in (La,Sr)MnO3-(Zr,Y)O-2 solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathodes. Whereas Cr2O3 and (Cr,Mn)(3)O-4 are f ...

Elsevier2012

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