Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) have gained increasing interest in recent years due to their capability of achieving high-efficiency power generation and hydrogen production. Significant progress has been made in recent decades, bringing SOFC into their early stage of commercialization. Protonic ceramic fuel/electrolysis cells (PCFC/PCEC) offer promising applications at intermediate temperatures (400-600°C). However, ceramic fuel cells are still facing challenges in durability and cost; both of which are associated with degradation of materials, design of cell and stack, and manufacturing processes. The symposium will provide a forum to exchange research ideas on these areas together with conduction mechanisms of component materials and electrochemical processes of ceramic fuel/electrolysis cells.
To achieve a cleaner and low carbon future, hydrogen has garnered significant interest as a chemical means of storage for electricity available from either baseload or renewable power plants. The symposium will give a wide overview of the state-of-the-art materials and technologies in the fields of hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and safety.
Proposed sessions and topics of interest:
- Oxygen ion, protonic, and mixed conductors; conduction mechanisms, materials limitations.
- Proton conducting oxides and fuel/electrolysis cells (PCFC/PCEC).
- Single cell design, microstructural engineering, manufacturing, and electrochemical performance.
- Interconnects materials, manufacturing, coating processes and their properties.
- Sealing materials, chemical compatibility, and their stability.
- Stack design, performance, reliability, and durability.
- Modeling and theory-computation of materials, cells, and stack.
- Degradation mechanisms with various fuels.
- Reversible fuel cells and high temperature electrolysis.
- SOFC system prototypes, commercialization plans, and economic assessments.
- Materials and technologies for hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and hydrogen safety.
Organizers
- Fatih Dogan, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA; doganf@mst.edu
- Hiroyuki Shimada, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan; h.shimada@aist.go.jp
- Minfang Han, Tsinghua University, China
- Guntae Kim, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, China
- Sebastian Molin, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
- Isao Kagomiya, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
- Yasunobu Mizutani, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
- Kevin Huang, University of South Carolina, USA
- Kwati Leonard, Kyushu University, Japan
- Tae Ho Shin, KICET, Korea
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