Effect of anode porosity on the performance of molten carbonate fuel cell
Abstract
Nickel anodes, for molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), of various porosities were fabricated using tape casting and firingprocesses. The same slurry composition but different sintering temperatures, 700 and 900°C, were used to obtain differentanode porosities. Combined experimental and computational techniques were used to study the influence of anode porosityon the performance of molten carbonate fuels cell. The power generated by the 20.25 cm2 class MCFC single cell wasexperimentally measured at 650°C in humidified hydrogen with respect to the porosity of the anodes. The computationalaspect involved the modeling of the microstructure of the sintered porous anodes which included measured size distributionof Ni powder used and porosities of the manufactured materials. For the best performing single cell, the optimal porosity forthe nickel MCFC anode was experimentally determined to be 55%. Computations revealed that the specific surface area,which is a determining factor in electrochemical reactions, reaches a maximum at a porosity of 52%.References
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Published
2018-08-07
How to Cite
ĆWIEKA, Karol et al.
Effect of anode porosity on the performance of molten carbonate fuel cell.
Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 98, n. 2, p. 228–237, aug. 2018.
ISSN 2083-4195.
Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1339>. Date accessed: 24 apr. 2024.
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Section
Materials Science
Keywords
anode, porosity, microstructure, performance, MCFC, modeling and simulation
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