S3: 19th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Cells (SOC): Materials Science and Technology

Solid oxide cells (SOCs) offer great potential for clean and efficient power generation from a wide variety of fuels, ranging from hydrocarbons to renewables, and for highly efficient conversion of electricity to hydrogen or synthesis gas via electrolysis. Durable electrochemical energy conversion in SOC is only possible by proper material choice and processing, cells stacking technology, and stack module design. Application of SOC in scalable systems for power, heat, hydrogen, and synthetic gas generation needs serious consideration of stack operating window, operating environment, contaminants sources / level, and customer specifications to realize competitive solutions.

This symposium provides a platform for academia and industry to present and discuss novel solutions for materials, components design, mechanical robustness, durability, and system layouts and to exchange their experience in application of SOCs in different areas.

Proposed Session Topics

• Electrolytes: oxygen ion, proton and mixed conductors; conduction mechanisms
• Electrode materials and microstructural engineering: electrode processes, defect chemistry, characterization, accelerated testing and lifetime prediction
• Ceramic and metallic interconnects: materials development and properties, coatings, accelerated testing and lifetime prediction
• Sealing technology: material development and characterization, designs and approaches, interactions with sealing materials
• Novel processing and design for cells, stacks, reformers, burners and other system components
• Mechanical and thermomechanical properties of materials and components up to high temperatures
• Surface and interfacial reactions: electrochemical transport and electrode poisoning, catalytic degradation, carbon fouling
• Simulation: electrode performance and degradation, distribution of temperature, current density and mechanical stresses in cells and stacks, system layout, stationary and dynamic system operation
• High-temperature electrolysis: steam, steam and CO₂, chemical process engineering using SOEC
• System design and demonstration

Organizers

• Mihails Kusnezoff, Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany, mihails.kusnezoff@ikts.fraunhofer.de
• Narottam P. Bansal, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA, Narottam.P.Bansal@nasa.gov
• Federico Smeacetto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, federico.smeacetto@polito.it
• John Hardy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
• Tatsumi Ishihara, Kyushu University, Japan
• Sebastian Molin, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
• Ruey-Yi Lee, Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taiwan
• Vincenzo Esposito, DTU Energy Conversion, Denmark
• Julie Mougin, CEA, France
• Scott A. Barnett, Northwestern University, USA
• Tae Ho Shin, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology, South Korea
• Henrik Lund Frandsen, DTU Energy Conversion and Storage, Denmark
• Prabhakar Singh, University of Connecticut, USA