Application of Rape Pollen in Anode Substrates of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Abstract:

The physical properties and microstructures of supporting anodes are crucial for the performances of the entire SOFCs. In this investigation, the rape pollen was developed as a novel pore-former to improve the properties of the conventional NiO–YSZ(yttria-stabilized zirconia) anode substrate of solid oxide fuel cell. The advantage of using this pore-former over the conventional ones (e.g. polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), carbon and flour) is that this pore-former had high porosity、global pore shape and uniform pore size distribution in the anode substrates, which are beneficial for rapid transport of the fuel and byproduct. The microstructure was observed by SEM, and the porosity of anode was measured by Archimedes method. The results showed that the optimum weight percent concentration was 15%, correspondingly, porosity was 40.3%, which was suitable for supporting anodes for SOFC application. And the open-circuit voltage (OCV) as high as 1.058V was obtained ,and the maximum power densities of 0.794W/cm² was achieved at 750°C, respectively, using hydrogen as fuel and ambient air as oxidant.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 512-515)
• Pages: 1579-1583
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.512-515.1579
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Hui Su, Ye Fan Wu, Ling Hong Luo, Jia Song Zhang, Guo Yang Sheng
• Keywords: NiO-YSZ, Rape Pollen, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), Supporting Anode

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