Kinetic studies of anode materials for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)

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dc.contributorChopra, Nitin
dc.contributorKlein, Tonya M.
dc.contributorHaque, Anwarul
dc.contributorVaidya, Uday
dc.contributor.advisorReddy, R. G.
dc.contributor.authorDas, Rupak
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T16:47:34Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T16:47:34Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractPlanar solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) were designed, fabricated, characterized and optimized in order to a) Develop a Nickel-free anode for SOFCs, b) Increase the total electrical conductivity of the crack-free composite in intermediate temperature zones, c) Establish defect chemistry formulations for the Mixed electrode systems, d) Confirm the stability issues of the anodes in reducing atmosphere, e) Weigh less compared to established YSZ-architectured predominant fuel cells, f) Incur less cost compared to YSZ predominant similar fuel cells, g) Produce more power output at low concentration of Hydrogen input, h) Optimize anode composition for best performance in the prevalent same size and temperature range and i) Validate the computational model. There's a huge demand of Nickel-free anode in the SOFC world due to several reasons like diminishing the weight, cost, resistivity and dissipation of energy. All the aforementioned major factors point individually towards the same direction - "development of novel anodes" from the materials' point of view operating at intermediate temperatures of 500-800oC or less. This study deals with developing a novel anode material conforming to all the above mentioned requirements in the same size and temperature range via modeling/validation, partial pressure and kinetic studies, microstructural analyses, diffraction techniques, polarization measurements, electro-chemical impedance and porosity studies. The average conductivity values found out to be 1.691, 0.0651, 0.0543 and 0.0148 s/cm respectively at 700, 600, 500 and 400OC in pure Hydrogen atmosphere. The avg. conductivity at 700OC is more than 5 times the value obtained from the GDC-CNF experiments and is believed to have been obtained with the better transport properties of the GDC-CNF matrix. Activation energy calculation were performed from the plot of ln(conductivity) vs. 1/T and found out to be .75 & .42 evs which are better comparable to the literature values by Zhu et.al.1 The bulk resistance (Rb) values got decreased dramatically in pure Hydrogen atmosphere from 2.169(400 OC) to 0.019(700 OC) ohms.en_US
dc.format.extent111 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0001248
dc.identifier.otherDas_alatus_0004D_11501
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1718
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectMaterials science
dc.subjectAlternative energy
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.titleKinetic studies of anode materials for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)en_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
etdms.degree.disciplineMetallurgical/Materials Engineering
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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