Materials issues and recent developments in molten carbonate fuel cells

Composite anodes for improved performance of a direct carbon fuel cell

“…carbonates or molten metals), however, the power densities reported so far are low and the system lacks the ability for a continuous fuel feed and thus sustained operation over a period of time [2,10]. Some success in terms of improvement in power densities has been recently achieved by using mixed ion electronic conducting (MIEC) anodes such as lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite (LSCF) and Co doped lanthanum strontium titanate (LSCT) in button cells [11,12].…”

Grand Challenges in Fuel Cells: Materials Issues at all Length Scales

“…Improved long-term stability of MCFC electrodes, either obtained from new combinations of materials or from tuned electrolyte composition, is quite important (Cassir et al, 2012;Kulkarni and Giddey, 2012). In fact, while several alloys, coatings or even entire ceramic electrodes might demonstrate significant endurance, the adjustment of the acidicbasic characteristics of the molten carbonates (with additives) has a huge influence on the stability of electrode materials.…”

Effect of Alloy Elements on the Corrosion Resistance and Electrical Conductivity of Austenitic Stainless Steel for MCFC

“…MCFC mainly consists of electrolyte, matrix, electrode and bipolar current collector (1,2). A bipolar current collector is composed of bipolar plate and current collectors (1,2).…”