Journal
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 233, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2021.113902
Keywords
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC); Particle coarsening; Microstructure; Percolation theory; Degradation; Long-term stability
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21676049]
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The study developed a fully coupled multi-field model to predict the performance degradation of SOFC due to Ni-particle coarsening, addressing the long-term stability and durability challenges. Results demonstrated that optimizing operating conditions and anode microstructure can enhance electrical performance and reduce degradation rate of SOFC.
Long-term stability and durability of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) are the major challenges for fuel flexibility and commercialization. In this study, a fully coupled multi-field model is developed by coupling a modified Niparticle coarsening model and a microstructure model for predicting the performance degradation of methane direct reforming (DIR) SOFC due to Ni-particle coarsening. The effect of Ni-particle coarsening on percolation probability of Ni-particle, effective TPB area, effective electron-conductivity, maximum power density, and the degradation rate of DIR-SOFC are quantitatively investigated under different operating conditions. The results indicate that to enhance the electrical performance and to reduce the degradation rate, the optima of the operating conditions and anode microstructure for the long-term DIR-SOFC are as follows: 750 degrees C for the cell operating temperature, 1.0 for anode inlet steam to carbon ratio (S/C), 0.3 A/cm(2) for the operating current density, and corresponding to Ni-particle with an initial diameter of 0.6 mu m, the optimal YSZ-particle diameter is 1.0 mu m.
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