Not exact matches
Another class, the solid
oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that power backup generators
for hospitals and other buildings, typically run at 1000 °C.
Department of Energy national lab researchers found strain dramatically influences low - temperature oxygen electrocatalysis on perovskite
oxides, enhancing bifunctional activity essential
for fuel cells and metal — air batteries.
Strontium cobaltites are just one example of a class of materials known as transition metal
oxides, which is considered promising
for a variety of applications including electrodes in
fuel cells, membranes that allow oxygen to pass through
for gas separation, and electronic devices such as memristors — a form of nonvolatile, ultrafast, and energy - efficient memory device.
That's been a high hurdle
for devices called solid
oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that convert
fuels — such as methane and hydrogen — directly to electricity without burning them.
In the early 2000s, Maria's group had pioneered the single - atom approach
for metals anchored on
oxide supports as the exclusive active sites
for the water - gas shift reaction to upgrade hydrogen streams
for fuel cell use.
O'Brien, J. E., Stoots, C. M., Herring, J. S., Lessing, P. A., Hartvigsen, J. J., and Elangovan, S., «Performance Measurements of Solid -
Oxide Electrolysis
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He is known
for his contributions to the development and deployment of solid
oxide fuel cells and superplastic forming of aluminum alloys.
The main hardware in the existing research infrastructure at IFE Hynor is found in a process room
for testing and development of high temperature hydrogen production and solid
oxide fuel cell technology (SOFC), including a Dual Bubbling Fluidized Bed reactor prototype (DBFB)
for continuous hydrogen production by sorption - enhanced reforming (SER) of methane with an integrated process
for CO2 - capture.
Penn,
for example, is developing solid
oxide fuel cells as a more efficient alternative to hydrogen
fuel cells.
The DOE contract continues the development of the solid
oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology
for hydrogen production using electrolysis through a solid
oxide electrolyzer
cell (SOEC).
PNNL researchers are developing cost - effective materials, such as coated stainless steel interconnects, and fabrication techniques
for components in solid
oxide fuel cell stacks.
The biggest areas of focus
for this funding were hydrogen production and solid
oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology.
Tags
for this Online Resume: Electrochemistry, Nanomaterials, Characterization, Electrocatalyst,
Fuel Cell, metal
oxide semiconductors, Surface Analysis, Photocatalyst