Anode-Engineered Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell with Excellent Performance and Fuel Compatibility.

Hua, Bin; Yan, Ning; Li, Meng; Sun, Yi-Fei; Zhang, Ya-Qian; Li, Jian; Etsell, Thomas; Sarkar, Partha et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Directly utilizing hydrocarbon fuels, particularly methane, is advantageous yet challenging in high-performance protonic ceramic fuel cells. In this work, this technological hurdle is well addressed by selective deposition of secondary electrocatalysts within the porous Ni-cermet anode. This novel strategy sheds light on the development of multifunctional porous structures for energy and catalysis applications.