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is well below the target of 700Β°C within the Department of Energy's ten-year Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) program.
The dramatic reduction in operating temperatures resulting from NanoDynamics' breakthrough processing technology should allow the manufacture of more durable SOFCs from less expensive materials and produce power in a significantly shorter time from startup, according to Dr Caine Finnerty, technology director for the company's fuel cell programs.
NanoDynamics is now applying the advanced processing technology to its own compact portable fuel cell system, which it expects to introduce commercially early next year. The company also plans to demonstrate the applicability of the new technology to SOFC systems currently being developed and manufactured by other companies, since it believes this processing technology can be easily and cheaply integrated into existing SOFC manufacturing processes.
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