Durability of direct internal reforming of methanol as fuel for solid oxide fuel cell with double-sided cathodes

摘要

Direct internal reforming of methanol is applied as fuel for a Ni-YSZ anode-supported solid oxide fuel cell with a flat tube based on double-sided cathodes. It achieves a power density (PD) of 0.25 W/cm(2) at 0.8 V, reaching about 90% of that is fueled by H-2. And the cell has been operated for more than 120 h by the direct internal reforming of methanol. The durability and apparent advantage for using humidified methanol may lead to widespread applications by direct internal reforming method for this new designed SOFC in the future. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.