{"title":"Degradation behavior under alternating constant-current/constant-voltage discharge for flat-tube solid oxide fuel cells inside stack","authors":"Beibei Han, Yafei Tang, Jianxin Wang, Wanbing Guan, Subhash C. Singhal","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.01.253","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span><span>An alternating constant-current (CC)/constant-voltage (CV) discharge for the optimal operation mode of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) inside stack is carried out, and the degradation of SOFCs is discussed. The SOFCs are operated alternately in CC/CV mode for 985 h at 750 °C. The results show that the </span>degradation rate<span> of SOFCs first decreases and then increases in the CC/CV alternating operation mode. And the lowest degradation rate is 3.64%/100 h in the CV operation<span> mode at ∼0.85 V, which is about one order of magnitude higher than the average degradation rate (0.36%/100 h) in the corresponding CC operation mode. The EIS analysis indicates that the </span></span></span>ohmic resistance increases and the </span>polarization resistance decreases after the CV operation mode, while the impedance change after CC discharge shows the opposite trend.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":337,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hydrogen Energy","volume":"48 46","pages":"Pages 17654-17663"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Hydrogen Energy","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319923004895","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An alternating constant-current (CC)/constant-voltage (CV) discharge for the optimal operation mode of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) inside stack is carried out, and the degradation of SOFCs is discussed. The SOFCs are operated alternately in CC/CV mode for 985 h at 750 °C. The results show that the degradation rate of SOFCs first decreases and then increases in the CC/CV alternating operation mode. And the lowest degradation rate is 3.64%/100 h in the CV operation mode at ∼0.85 V, which is about one order of magnitude higher than the average degradation rate (0.36%/100 h) in the corresponding CC operation mode. The EIS analysis indicates that the ohmic resistance increases and the polarization resistance decreases after the CV operation mode, while the impedance change after CC discharge shows the opposite trend.
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The objective of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy is to facilitate the exchange of new ideas, technological advancements, and research findings in the field of Hydrogen Energy among scientists and engineers worldwide. This journal showcases original research, both analytical and experimental, covering various aspects of Hydrogen Energy. These include production, storage, transmission, utilization, enabling technologies, environmental impact, economic considerations, and global perspectives on hydrogen and its carriers such as NH3, CH4, alcohols, etc.
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