Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Design of next-generation ceramic fuel cells and real-time characterization with synchrotron X-ray diffraction computed tomography

  • Tao Li,
  • Thomas M. M. Heenan,
  • Mohamad F. Rabuni,
  • Bo Wang,
  • Nicholas M. Farandos,
  • Geoff H. Kelsall,
  • Dorota Matras,
  • Chun Tan,
  • Xuekun Lu,
  • Simon D. M. Jacques,
  • Dan J. L. Brett,
  • Paul R. Shearing,
  • Marco Di Michiel,
  • Andrew M. Beale,
  • Antonis Vamvakeros,
  • Kang Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09427-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Miniaturized ceramic fuel cells are attractive for portable devices, but performance should be optimized. Here the authors report a micro-monolithic ceramic cell design for a tubular solid oxide fuel cell containing a multi-channel anode support with enhanced power density and stable operation.