Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en13071624
Keywords
SOFC; reliability; contamination; salt; oxygen starvation; concentration polarization
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Funding
- Gassnova grant [CHEOP-CC616060]
- Norwegian Research Council [CHEOP 245489/E30]
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This paper studies the robustness of off-shore solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) installations and the nature and causes of possible cell degradation in marine environments. Two important, cathode-related, impediments to ensuring SOFC reliability in off-shore installations are: cathode degradation due to salt contamination and oxygen depletion in the air supply. Short-term and long-term tests show the effect of salt contamination in the cathode feed on cell performance, and reveal the underlying cause of the degradation seen. SEM/X-ray Diffraction /(XRD) analyses made it possible to identify salt taken up in the cathode microstructure after the short-term testing while the macroscopic cell structure remained intact after the short-term tests. The long-term degradation was found to be more severe, and SEM images showed delamination at the cathode/electrolyte interface with salt present, something that was not seen after long-term testing without salt. The effect of oxygen depletion on the performance was also determined at three different temperatures using I-V curves.
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