• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

This paper summarized concept, manufacture and results of the micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The cells were fabricated by co-sintering of extruded micro-tubular anode support and electrolyte coating layer, and then additional cathode coating. The cells showed quick voltage rising within 1 minute, and the electrochemical performances were closely related to the balance of fuel utilization and performance loss. And a thermal-fluid simulation model was also reported in combination with the electrochemical evaluation results on the GDC-based micro-tubular SOFCs.

• 세라미스트
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.366-377
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• 2018

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are promising eco-friendly energy conversion system due to their high efficiency, low pollutant emission and fuel flexibility. High operating temperatures, however, leads to the crucial drawbacks such as incompatibility between the components and high thermal stress. Proton-conducting ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) with proton-conducting oxide (PCO) materials are new types of fuel cells that can solve the problems of conventional SOFCs. Many studies have been proceeded to improve the performance of electrolytes and electrodes, and triple conductive oxides (TCOs) have attracted significant attention as high performance PCFC electrodes.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2023

Planer-type electrolyte substrates are often utilized for stack manufacturing of electrolyte-supported solid oxide fuel cells (ES-SOFCs) to fulfill necessary requirements such as a high mechanical strength and redox stability. This work did an electrochemical analysis of ES-SOFC with different NiO-YSZ anode thicknesses to find the optimal value for the high performance of the fuel cell. The cell resistivities were constant at anode thickness between 25-58 ㎛, but a thick anode (74 ㎛) caused a high electrode resistivity leading to a dramatic reduction in cell performance. A stability test was performed for 50 hours at 700℃, and the results showed a degradation rate of 0.3% per 1000 h by extrapolated fitting.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기화학회 2005년도 수소연료전지공동심포지움 2005논문집
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• pp.391-394
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• 2005

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.573-574
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• 2012

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2003

Fe-Cr 합금의 고체산화물 연료전지용 금속접속자로의 적용 가능성을 알아보기 위하여 페라이틱 스틸에 내산화 물질인 Y-Cr계 산화물을 졸 코팅하여 산화 특성을 연구하였다. YCr $O_3$졸 코팅된 페라이틱 스틸은 80$0^{\circ}C$에서 40시간 열처리 후에도 Fe계 산화물은 생성되지 않고, 주상으로 YCr $O_3$그리고 소량의 C $r_2$ $O_3$와 M $n_{1.5}$C $r_{1.5}$ $O_4$산화물 등이 생성되었다. Mn-Cr계 산화물은 금속 성분인 Mn이 내부로부터 확산에 의해 산화가 진행됨에 따라 입자가 성장하였다. 모든 YCr $O_3$졸 코팅된 시편에서의 전기 저항을 나타내는 Log(ASR/T) 값은 -4.57~-4.70Ω$ extrm{cm}^2$K￣$^1$로 코팅되지 않은 금속의 Log(ASR/T), -3.99Ω$\textrm{cm}^2$K￣$^1$보다 작아지므로 금속접속자로의 적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.있었다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.132-139
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• 2020

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are among one of the promising technologies for efficient and clean energy. SOFCs offer several advantages over other types of fuel cells under relatively high temperatures (600℃ to 800℃). However, the thermal behavior of SOFC stacks at high operating temperatures is a serious issue in SOFC development because it can be associated with detrimental thermal stresses on the life span of the stacks. The thermal behavior of SOFC stacks can be influenced by operating or material properties. Therefore, this work aims to investigate the effects of the thermal conductivity of each component (anode, cathode, and electrolyte) on the thermal behavior of samarium-doped ceria-based SOFCs at intermediate temperatures. Computational fluid dynamics is used to simulate SOFC operation at 600℃. The temperature distributions and gradients of a single cell at 0.7 V under different thermal conductivity values are analyzed and discussed to determine their relationship. Simulations reveal that the influence of thermal conductivity is more remarkable for the anode and electrolyte than for the cathode. Increasing the thermal conductivity of the anode by 50% results in a 23% drop in the maximum thermal gradients. The results for the electrolyte are subtle, with a ~67% reduction in thermal conductivity that only results in an 8% reduction in the maximum temperature gradient. The effect of thermal conductivity on temperature gradient is important because it can be used to predict thermal stress generation.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제42권10호
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• pp.665-671
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• 2005

LSGM is known to show very serious interfacial reaction with other unit cell components, such as electrode, electrode functional or buffering layers. Especially, the formation of very resistive LaSr$Ga_{3}$$O_{7}$ phase at the interface of an anode and an electrolyte is the most problematic one in LSGM-based SOFCs. In this study, we investigated the interfacial reactions in LSGM-based SOFCs under different unit cell configurations. According to the microstructural analysis on the interfacial layer between an electrolyte and its neighboring component, serious interfacial reaction zone was observed. From the electrical and electrochemical characterization of the cell, we found such an interfacial reaction zone not only increased the internal ohmic resistance but also decreased the OCV(Open Cell Voltage) of the unit cell, and thus consequently deteriorated the unit cell performance.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2004

전산모사를 이용하여 특성을 정확하게 모사하기 위해서는 전지 내부에서 발생하는 다양한 물리적, 화학적 현상을 고려하여야 한다. 이를 위해, 본 연구에서는 다양한 전지 내부 현상에 대한 변수를 고려할 수 있는 전산유체 상용코드인 CFD-ACE+를 이용하여 평판형 고체산화물 연료전지의 작동 특성을 분석하였다. 단위 스택에서 발생하는 물질전달과 열전달 및 전기화학 반응에 의한 전하이동을 복합적으로 고려하여, 작동조건 하에서 각 공정적, 구조적 변수 변화에 따른 전지특성을 예측하였다. 이러한 전산모사 방법을 통하여 확산과 유동에 의한 전지 내 반응물과 생성물의 mass fraction 분포와 단위 스택의 내부 온도분포 그리고 전지 특성을 나타내는 polarization curve에 의한 고체산화물 연료 전지의 분극 특성을 정성, 정량적으로 제시하였다. 본 연구를 통해 평판형 단위 스택 내에서의 다양한 변수 변화에 따른 전지의 작동 특성에 대한 효율적 예측이 가능하였고, 고체산화물 연료전지 작동 시 발생하는 현상에 대한 전산모사 접근법을 체계적으로 제시할 수 있었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제43권12호
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• pp.823-828
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• 2006

One of the main issues of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) is to reduce the operating temperature to $750^{\circ}C$ or less. It has advantages of improving the life of component parts and the long-term stability of a system, so the production cost could be decreased. In order to achieve that, the ohmic and polarization loss of a single cell should be minimized first. This paper presents.to fabricate anode-supported single cells with controlling microstructure as a function of particle size and volume of graphite and NiO-YSZ weight ratio. By means of optimizing the manufactural condition through microstructure analysis and performance evaluation, the single cell which had NiO-YSZ=6:4, graphite volume of 24% and graphite size of $75{\mu}m$ as the anode composition showed a distinguished power density of $510mW/cm^2$ at $650^{\circ}C$ and $810mW/cm^2$ at $700^{\circ}C$, respectively.