Perovskite Oxide for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

✍ Scribed by Tatsumi Ishihara (auth.), Tatsumi Ishihara (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 310
• Series: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Energy
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The continuing development of fuel cells offers promising technologies for the conversion of chemical energy from hydrocarbon fuels into electricity without forming air pollutants. Perovskite Oxides for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells provides insight into the materials aspects of one of the most promising fuel cell types available. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) have significant advantages over other fuel cell types, such as high efficiency, flexibility in fuel, high reliability, simple balance of plant (BOP) and a long history. Because of these advantages, SOFC technology is attracting a great deal of attention for use in power generation and for its potential in heat generation. Perovskite oxides are widely used for different SOFC components. Detailed description of various aspects of perovskite oxides are presented in this book.

Each chapter in the book is written by leading international researchers and covers topics including:

• General Introduction of SOFC;
• Perovskite fast oxide ion conductors;
• High temperature perovskite proton conductors;
• Perovskite electrode catalyst and catalysis;
• SOFC stack development using perovskite oxide;
• The effects of decreasing SOFC operating temperatures to increase reliability, durability and stability.

Perovskite Oxides for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on the materials, properties, and performance for SOFCs and is appropriate for researchers and engineers in the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Structure and Properties of Perovskite Oxides....Pages 1-16
Overview of Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells....Pages 17-43
Ionic Conduction in Perovskite-Type Compounds....Pages 45-63
Oxide Ion Conductivity in Perovskite Oxide for SOFC Electrolyte....Pages 65-93
Diffusivity of the Oxide Ion in Perovskite Oxides....Pages 95-116
Structural Disorder, Diffusion Pathway of Mobile Oxide Ions, and Crystal Structure in Perovskite-Type Oxides and Related Materials....Pages 117-145
Perovskite Oxide for Cathode of SOFCs....Pages 147-166
Perovskite Oxide Anodes for SOFCs....Pages 167-182
Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using LaGaO 3 ....Pages 183-203
Quick-Start-Up Type SOFC Using LaGaO 3 -Based New Electrolyte....Pages 205-216
Proton Conductivity in Perovskite Oxides....Pages 217-241
Proton Conduction in Cerium- and Zirconium-Based Perovskite Oxides....Pages 243-259
Mechanisms of Proton Conduction in Perovskite-Type Oxides....Pages 261-272
Intermediate-Temperature SOFCs Using Proton-Conducting Perovskite....Pages 273-283
LaCrO 3 -Based Perovskite for SOFC Interconnects....Pages 285-296
Back Matter....Pages 297-302

✦ Subjects

Renewable and Green Energy; Electrical Engineering; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks; Electrochemistry; Renewable and Green Energy