Departmental Papers (CBE)

Document Type

Technical Report

Date of this Version

2015

Publication Source

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volume

162

Issue

6

Start Page

F567

Last Page

F570

DOI

10.1149/2.0871506jes

Abstract

Direct carbon fuel cells (DCFC) that use zirconia-based electrolytes and molten Sb anodes have much promise for the efficient conversion of carbonaceous solid fuels into electricity. However, etching of the electrolyte, and ultimately cell failure, has been observed during operation. In this study, we have investigated this etching phenomenon as a function of the electrolyte composition and cell operating conditions and demonstrated that it is not electrochemical in nature, but rather results from reaction between the electrolyte and Sb2O3.

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© The Author(s) 2015. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse of the work in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords

antimony, direct-carbon fuel cell, stability

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Date Posted: 01 December 2017

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