Prabhakar Singh & Sujanto Widjaja 
Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells VII, Volume 32, Issue 4 

This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society’s 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the 8th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Materials, Science, and Technology on topics such as Cell and Stack Development; Electrochemical/Mechanical/Thermal Performance; Electrodes; Interconnects; Novel Cell/Stack Design and Processing; and Reliability/Degradation.

Table of Content

Preface ix

Introduction xi

CELL/STACK DEVELOPMENT

Recent Development of SOFC Cell and Stack at NTT 3

Reiichi Chiba, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu, Himeko Orui,
Kazuhiko Nozawa, Kimitaka Watanabe, Yoshiteru Yoshida, Masayuki
Yokoo, Akihiro Miyasaka, Hajime Arai, and Katsuya Hayashi

Investigation of the Effects of Ni O-Sc SZ-Layer Insertion on the
Current Collection and Catalytic Properties of Sc SZ-based
Micro-Tubular SOFC 15

Toshiaki Yamaguchi and Nigel Sammes

ELECTROLYTES

Effect of Dopants on Ce02 Based Solid State Electrolytes for
Intermediate Temperature Electrochemical Devices 23

E. Yu. Pikalova, A. K. Demin, V. G. Bamburov, V. I. Maragou, and
P. E. Tsiakaras

ELECTRODES

Electrochemical Phenomena in MEA Electrodes 37

Mihails Kusnezoff, Nikolai Trofimenko, and Alexander
Michaelis

The Effect of A-Site Stoichiometry on LSCF Cathode Performance
and Stability 61

Jared Templeton, John Hardy, Zigui Lu, and Jeff
Stevenson

Influence of Operational Parameters on LSCF and LSF Stability
67

Amaia Arregui, Lide M. Rodriguez-Martinez, Stefano Modena, Jan
van Herle, Massimo Bertoldi, and Vincenzo M. Sglavo

Assessment of the Electrochemical Properties of BSCF and
Samarium Doped BSCF Perovskites 77

Keling Zhang, Alex Lassman, Atul Verma, and Prabhakar
Singh

Role of Sintering Atmosphere on the Stability of LSM-YSZ
Composite 89

Manoj Mahapatra and Prabhakar Singh

INTERCONNECTS

Crofer22 APU in Real SOFC Stacks 101

Qingping Fang, Mario Heinrich, and Christian Wunderlich

Assessment of Chromium Evaporation from Chromia and Alumina
Forming Alloys 115

Sanjit Bhowmick, Gavin Le, Atul Verma, and Prabhakar
Singh

Effect of Chromium Doping on the Crystal Structure, Electrical
Conductivity and Thermal Expansion of Manganese Cobalt Spinel
Oxides 125

Yingjia Liu, Kangli Wang, and Jeffrey W. Fergus

Effect of Metallic Interconnect Thickness on its Long-Term
Performance in SOFCs 131

Wenning Liu, Xin Sun, Liz Stephens, and Moe Khaleel

Characterization of the Conductive Protection Layers on Alloy
Interconnect for SOFC 139

Xiaojia Du, Minfang Han, and Ze Lei

NOVEL CELL/STACK DESIGN AND PROCESSING

Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
149

Norbert H. Menzler, Wolfgang Schafbauer, Robert Mücke, Ralf
Kauert, Oliver Büchler, Hans Peter Buchkremer, and Detlev
Stöver

Production of Current Collector-Supported Micro-Tubular Solid
Oxide Fuel Cells with Sacrificial Inner Core 161

Ricardo De la Torre, Michèle Casarin, and Vincenzo M.
Sglavo

RELIABILITY/DEGRADATION

Numerical Modeling of Cathode Contact Material Densification
171

Brian J. Koeppel, Wenning Liu, Elizabeth V. Stephens, and Moe A.
Khaleel

Observations on the Air Electrode-Electrolyte Interface
Degradation in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells 183

Michael Keane, Atul Verma, and Prabhakar Singh

FUEL REFORMING

Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
195

Mitsunobu Kawano, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Koji Hashino, and Toru
Inagaki

Author Index 207

About the author

NAROTTAM P. BANSAL, NASA Glenn Research Center

PRABHAKAR SINGH, University of Connecticut