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Science 16 June 2000:
Vol. 288. no. 5473, pp. 2031 - 2033
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5473.2031

Reports

A Low-Operating-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell in Hydrocarbon-Air Mixtures

Takashi Hibino, 1* Atsuko Hashimoto, 1 Takao Inoue, 2 Jun-ichi Tokuno, 2 Shin-ichiro Yoshida, 2 Mitsuru Sano 2

The performance of a single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell was studied using a ceria-based solid electrolyte at temperatures below 773 kelvin. Electromotive forces of ~900 millivolts were generated from the cell in a flowing mixture of ethane or propane and air, where the solid electrolyte functioned as a purely ionic conductor. The electrode-reaction resistance was negligibly small in the total internal resistances of the cell. The resulting peak power density reached 403 and 101 milliwatts per square centimeter at 773 and 623 kelvin, respectively.

1 Department of Structure Formation Process, National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya, Nagoya 462-8510, Japan.
2 Graduate School of Human Information, Nagoya University, Nagoya 466-0804, Japan.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: thibino{at}nirin.go.jp


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