Papers by Keyword: Cu-Based Anode

Abstract: Cu-based anode has no or little catalytic activity to reaction of precipitating carbon during using carbon-hydrogen fuel, which can avoid failure or disintegration of SOFC caused by catalytically precipitating carbon resulting from Ni-based anode. However, the melting point of CuO, that is 1148°C, is far below the sintering temperature of electrolyte which limits the use of Cu-based anode. So the property of sintering of Cu-based anode between 1050°C and 1150°C was studied by co-pressing and co-sintering Cu-based anode with electrolyte. The result shows that the diffusion of copper in the electrolyte is not apparent when the co-sintering temperature is below 1130°C. At 1140°C, the Matano plane moved to anode side and the diffusion coefficient of copper in the electrolyte is relevant to concentration of copper which is 0.543×10^-8-1.74×10^-8(cm²•s^-1) when the content of copper is 1.51%~18.7%.

Abstract: A new rapid manufacturing technique for the production of SOFC anodes for direct oxidation of hydrocarbon fuels has been demonstrated. Composite anodes with doped ceria as catalyst and ion conductor and copper as electronic conductor have been fabricated by plasma spraying in air. The process, which can be readily automated and scaled up for mass production, provides a rapid method to produce anodes with mixtures of low and high melting temperature components in several minutes. These anodes previously have required complex multi-step, multi-day processes involving infiltration of sintered pre-forms. This work demonstrates the feasibility of using plasma spray processing to manufacture composite Cu-SDC coatings for application in direct-oxidation SOFC anodes.