Self cleaning electrode allows fuel cells to operate on coal gas

摘要

According to Georgia Institute of Technology a Regents professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering Meilin Liu, "Using barium oxide nanoparticles, researchers have developed a self-cleaning technique that could allow solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) to be powered directly by coal gas at operating temperatures as low as 750°C. The technique could provide a cleaner and more efficient alternative to conventional power plants for generating electricity from the nation's vast coal reserves... SOFCs can operate on a wide variety of fuels, and use hydrocarbons gases directly (without a separate reformer).