Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Components: Interfacial Compatibility of SOFC Glass Seals

✍ Scribed by Gurbinder Kaur

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 421
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines the various interfacial reactions that take place when glass seals come into contact with components of SOFCs in reducing and oxidizing conditions. In developing an understanding of the structure and function of SOFCs, interfacial compatibility is an imperative criterion. This book addresses the technical challenges of developing sealants to avoid leakage losses at high operating temperatures, which are profoundly impactful to the efficiency of the fuel cell. This resource is important for anyone working with or studying fuel cell design and development, and is a pivotal source of cutting-edge information for research groups actively engaged in developing hermetic and stable seals which show minimum interfacial chemical reaction with interconnect and electrolyte.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction to Fuel Cells....Pages 1-42
Cell Voltages, Polarisations and Performances....Pages 43-78
SOFC Technology: Its Working and Components....Pages 79-122
Thermodynamics, Performance, and Configurations of SOFC....Pages 123-148
Sealing Concepts: Glasses as Sealants....Pages 149-213
Interfacial Compatibility of Glasses and Interconnects....Pages 215-260
Mixed Alkaline/Composite Glasses and Coated Interconnects....Pages 261-314
Interaction of Glass Seals/Electrodes and Electrolytes....Pages 315-374
Fuel Cell Status....Pages 375-401
Back Matter....Pages 403-408

✦ Subjects

Renewable and Green Energy; Renewable and Green Energy; Materials Engineering