DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/ijred.2022.46735

Performance Evaluation of An Electrolyte-Supported Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (IT-SOFC) with Low-Cost Materials

1Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia

2Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sumatera, Jl. Terusan Ryacudu, Way Huwi, Kec. Jati Agung, Lampung Selatan 35365, Indonesia

3Center for Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5, Hwarangro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea

4 Department of New Investment, PT Rekayasa Industri, Jl. Kalibata Timur I No. 36, Jakarta 12740, Indonesia

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Received: 17 May 2022; Revised: 8 Jul 2022; Accepted: 15 Jul 2022; Available online: 21 Jul 2022; Published: 1 Nov 2022.
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Intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC) provides economic and technical advantages over the conventional SOFC because of the wider material use, lower fabrication cost and longer lifetime of the cell components. In this work, we fabricated electrolyte-supported IT-SOFC using low-cost materials such as calcia-stabilized zirconia (CSZ) electrolyte fabricated by dry-pressing, NiO-CSZ anode and Ca3Co1.9Zn0.1O6 (CCZO) cathode produced through brush coating technique. According to the XRD result, the monoclinic phase dominated over the cubic phase, and the relative density of the electrolyte was low but the hardness of the CSZ electrolyte was close to the hardness of commercial 8YSZ electrolyte. The performance of the single cell was performed with hydrogen ambient air. An open-circuit voltage (OCV) of 0.43, 0.46, and 0.45 V and a maximum power density of 0.14, 0.50, and 1.00 mW/cm2 were achieved at the operating temperature of 600, 700, and 800 °C, respectively. The ohmic resistance of the cell at 700 and 800 °C achieved 81.5 and 33.00 Ω, respectively due to the contribution of thick electrolyte and Cr poisoning in electrodes and electrolyte
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Keywords: IT-SOFC; calcia-stabilized zirconia; electrolyte-supported; operating temperature; single cell
Funding: International R&D Academy of Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) under contract 19-7887

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