Direct use of coke in a solid oxide fuel cell

XIE Yong-min; LI Jiang-lin; HOU Jin-xing; WU Pei-jia; LIU Jiang; LIU Qing-sheng

Volume 46 Issue 10

Oct. 2018

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XIE Yong-min, LI Jiang-lin, HOU Jin-xing, WU Pei-jia, LIU Jiang, LIU Qing-sheng. Direct use of coke in a solid oxide fuel cell[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2018, 46(10): 1168-1174.

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XIE Yong-min, LI Jiang-lin, HOU Jin-xing, WU Pei-jia, LIU Jiang, LIU Qing-sheng. Direct use of coke in a solid oxide fuel cell[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2018, 46(10): 1168-1174.

XIE Yong-min, LI Jiang-lin, HOU Jin-xing, WU Pei-jia, LIU Jiang, LIU Qing-sheng. Direct use of coke in a solid oxide fuel cell[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2018, 46(10): 1168-1174.

Citation:

XIE Yong-min, LI Jiang-lin, HOU Jin-xing, WU Pei-jia, LIU Jiang, LIU Qing-sheng. Direct use of coke in a solid oxide fuel cell[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2018, 46(10): 1168-1174.

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Direct use of coke in a solid oxide fuel cell

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School of Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China
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New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

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the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51564019

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Corresponding author: LIU Qing-sheng, Tel:+8615970132969, E-mail:397176537@qq.com
Received Date: 2018-05-15
Rev Recd Date: 2018-08-18

Available Online: 2021-01-23

Publish Date: 2018-10-10

Abstract

Abstract

Direct carbon solid oxide fuel cell (DC-SOFC) is a potential technology for generating electricity from solid carbon fuel with high conversion efficiency and low pollution. In this study, the use of industrial coke as a fuel for a direct carbon solid oxide fuel cell (DC-SOFC) was investigated. Tubular yttrium-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrolyte-supported solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) with a cermet of silver and gadolinium-doped ceria (Ag-GDC) as electrode material were fabricated. Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were applied to characterize the investigated coke fuels. It was observed that the coke fuel wa micron-sized particles with many structural defects, which favored the Boudouard reaction occurring in a DC-SOFC. A peak power density of 149 mW/cm² at 850 ℃ was observed for pure coke fuel, and it improved to 217 mW/cm² when a Fe-based catalyst was added to enhance the Boudouard reaction. The degradation performance of the DC-SOFC during a discharging test was analyzed according to the electrochemical characterization and emitted gas measurements. The performed test supported the feasibility of using coke as fuel in an all-solid-state DC-SOFC to generate electricity.
- solid oxide fuel cell,
- direct carbon,
- coke,
- iron catalyst

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