EVOLVE

Evolved materials and innovative design for high-performance, durable and reliable SOFC cell and stack

Principal investigator: Alessandra Sanson

Involved personnel: Angela Gondolini, Elisa Mercadelli

Starting date: 01/11/2012
Duration: 48 mesi
Total funding: 3.682.855 €
Call: P7/2007-2013 for the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative FP7
Project Coordinator: Rémi Costa (German Aerospace Research Centre, DLR)
Consortium: 10 partners from 5 European countries
Official website: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/303429

EVOLVE aims at the development, up scaling and demonstration of new SOFC architecture for stationary and mobile application. This architecture, based on a composite anode substrate tolerant towards redox cycles aims at combining benefits of both existing anode and metal supported cell architecture, and limit the issue of carbon coking and sulphur poisoning thanks to improved anode materials. The project focuses on an innovative concept for SOFC, particularly for the anode compartment, incorporating advanced materials with an approach in which each material performs only one function and enables cell operation at reduced temperature of 750°C. This concept is expected to enhance the durability and reliability of SOFC while exhibiting performance level equivalent to main-stream anode-supported cells.

CNR-ISTEC was mainly involved in the activity of WP2 (Development of powders, Inks, Colloids and metallic foams) and in WP 3 (Shaping of EVOVLE cells).

Publications

• A. Gondolini, E. Mercadelli, G. Constantin, L. Dessemond, V. Yurkiv, R. Costa, A. Sanson “On the manufacturing of low temperature activated Sr0.9La0.1TiO3-δ-Ce1-xGdxO2-δ anodes for solid oxide fuel cell” Journal of the European Ceramic Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.07.035.
• V. Yurkiv, G. Constantin, A. Gondolini, E. Mercadelli, A. Sanson, L. Dessemond, R. Costa “Evaluation of the Influence of Nickel Addition on LST-CGO Based Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes Performance”, ECS Transactions, 68 (1) 1517-1526 (2015).
• V. Yurkiv, G. Constantin, A. Hornes, A. Gondolini, E. Mercadelli, A. Sanson, L. Dessemond, R. Costa “Towards Understanding Surface Chemistry and Electrochemistry of La0.1Sr0.9TiO3-α based Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes” Journal of Power Sources 287 (2015) 58-67.