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WOS: 000311437600009, A high performance five-layered anode supported solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is developed by low-cost tape casting, co-sintering, and screen printing techniques. The cell is composed of NiO/scandium stabilized zirconia (ScSZ) anode support, NiO/ScSZ anode functional layer (AFL), ScSZ electrolyte, lanthanum strontium ferrite (LSF)/ScSZ cathode functional layer, and LSF cathode current collecting layer. The effects of fabrication parameters on the cell performance are investigated and optimized, including co-sintering temperature, thickness of the anode support, and AFL. The effects of GDC ion conducting phase impregnated into both electrodes also are investigated. The microstructure of the cell is observed using a scanning electron microscope, and the cell performances at various operation temperatures are evaluated by a fuel cell test station. The final cell produces 1.34 W.cm(-2) maximum power density at an operation temperature of 700 degrees C. The high performance is attributed to optimized cell structure as well as increase in the oxide ion conductivity and three-phase boundaries of both anode and cathode layers by nano ion conductor infiltration. Copyright (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

WOS: 000320295300131, Vanadium molybdenum oxide system (VxMo(1-x)Oy for x, Scientific Research Foundation of Yildiz Technical University; HYTEM Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering Department at Nigde University, This work was financially supported by Scientific Research Foundation of Yildiz Technical University and HYTEM Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering Department at Nigde University.

1st International Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion (ESC-IS) -- SEP 07-09, 2015 -- Middle E Tech Univ, Ankara, TURKEY, WOS: 000378359400038, In addition to pure hydrogen, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can utilize hydrocarbons as a fuel. However, conventional Ni-based anodes exhibit an excellent catalytic activity towards the hydrocarbon cracking reaction and thus the carbon deposition occurs in the anode. The deposited carbons quickly deactivate the anode irreversibly by covering the active surface of the anode catalyst. As a result, a significant degradation in the cell performance can be seen. In this study, the anode structure is modified by the addition of copper (Cu) and ceria (CeO2) to increase the coking resistance of the cell under direct methane fuel. In this respect, the anodes are infiltrated by different amounts of Cu and CeO2 nitrates via the wet impregnation technique to investigate the effects of Cu and CeO2 loadings on the carbon tolerance of the cell. The effects of the anode porosity and composition are also considered in the study. The carbon resistance thus the service life of the cell with Cu/CeO2/Ni/YSZ anodes is found to be significantly higher than that of conventional Ni-based anodes under direct dry methane fuel. (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

WOS: 000307027300044, In order to enhance the electrochemical performance and reduce the operation temperature of a conventional electrolyte supported solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), a three layered electrolyte with various geometry is designed and fabricated. Novel three layered electrolytes comprise a dense and thin scandia alumina stabilized zirconia (ScAlSZ) electrolyte layer sandwiched between two hallow ScAlSZ electrolyte layers each having the same thickness as the support but machined into a filter like architecture in the active region with circular, rectangular and triangular cut off patterns. The percent of thin electrolyte layer in the active region is kept constant as 30% for all designs in order to investigate the effect of pattern geometry on the mechanical properties and the performance of the electrolytes. Single cells based on novel electrolytes are manufactured and electrochemical properties are evaluated. A standard electrolyte and electrolyte supported cell are also fabricated as a base case for comparison. Although the electrolyte having triangular patterns has the highest peak power at all operation temperatures considered, it exhibits the lowest flexural strength. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.

WOS: 000355711700069, In this study, 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (3YSZ) is investigated as a SOFC electrolyte alternative to 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (8YSZ). The mechanical and electrochemical properties of both materials are compared. The mechanical tests indicate that the thickness of 3YSZ can be reduced to half without sacrificing the strength compared to 8YSZ. By reducing the thickness of 3YSZ from 150 mu m to 75 mu m, the peak power density is shown to increase by around 80%. The performance is further enhanced by around 22% by designing of novel electrode structure with regular cut-off patterns previously optimized. However, the cell with novel designed 3YSZ electrolyte exhibits 30% lower maximum power density than that of the cell with 150 pm-thick standard 8YSZ electrolyte. Nevertheless, the loss in the performance may be tolerated by decreasing the fabrication cost revealing that 3YSZ electrolyte with cut-off patterns can be employed as SOFC electrolyte alternative to 8YSZ. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.

WOS: 000335201800116, Various commercially available anode and cathode materials are investigated as the anode and cathode contact paste, respectively, for solid oxide fuel cells. In order to obtain a printable paste, chosen materials are mixed with an organic vehicle and a thinner as well as a pore former. The effect of the contact materials on the cell performance is evaluated experimentally via cell performance measurements by installing a short stack. The pastes are brush painted on the corresponding interconnector and current collecting mesh. A short stack without any contact paste is also tested for comparison as a base case. The impedance and microstructural analyses are also performed through an impedance analyzer and a scanning electron microscope, respectively. The effects of solid loading for two anode and two cathode contact paste materials which provide the best two performances during the electrochemical performance tests are also studied. After optimizing the solid loading in the anode and cathode contact paste according to the performance results, the best contact materials for each side are decided. The final short stack is then installed by using the best combination of contact pastes and then tested. The final cell shows 0.39 W cm(-2) and 0.90 W cm(-2) peak power densities at 700 degrees C and 800 degrees C, respectively, whereas the base cell provides only 0.26 W cm(-2) peak power density at 800 degrees C. The improvement in the cell performance is considered to be due to the enhanced contact and better current collecting by employing contact pastes. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.