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Solid Oxide-Based Electrochemical Devices

Advances, Smart Materials and Future Energy Applications

  • 1st Edition - March 26, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Massimiliano Lo Faro
  • Language: English

Solid Oxide-Based Electrochemical Devices: Advances, Smart Materials and Future Energy Applications provides a complete overview of the theoretical and applied aspects of energy-re… Read more

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Description

Solid Oxide-Based Electrochemical Devices: Advances, Smart Materials and Future Energy Applications provides a complete overview of the theoretical and applied aspects of energy-related solid oxide technologies. The book presents detailed thermodynamic and other basic requirements for fuel cells, electrolyzers, supercapacitors, batteries, sensors and air treatment devices. It delves into physical-chemical, electrochemical and mechanical properties of smart materials developed and offers insights into fundamental analysis and modeling. Detailed protocols for operation are suggested and discussed, including component development to optimize functionality, cost and upscaling.

Practitioners in the fuel cell or power to gas industries, engineering researchers developing new technologies in those areas, and device and system designers can use the in-depth, structured information about the relationship between technologies and materials offered to make better-informed decisions during the planning and implementation of those technologies.

Key features

  • Covers the theoretical concepts, components, advances and applications of solid oxide fuel cell, electrolyzer, battery, sensor and pollution abatement technologies
  • Explores applications of new smart and metamaterials in the construction of energy-related solid oxide devices
  • Presents examples of prototypes, including their cost estimate and requirements for large-scale production, integration and operation

Readership

Engineers and researchers developing or implementing new technologies for fuel cell power, power to gas and other electrochemical devices. Senior practitioners and researchers working in energy systems and electrochemical device applications. High level graduate students in mechanical, chemical and/or materials engineering. Energy and sustainability policy-makers, decision-makers and consultants

Table of contents

1. Tuning perovskite-based oxides for effective electrodes in solid-oxide electrochemical cells
Michele Pavone

2. Interconnectors
Tulio Matencio Sr.

3. In situ photoelectron spectromicroscopy for the investigation of solid-oxide based electrochemical systems
Benedetto Bozzini

4. protonic based ceramics for fuel-cells and electrolysers
Olivier Joubert

5. Multi-level modeling of solid oxide electrolysis
Jakub Kupecki

6. Sensors based on Solid Oxide Electrolytes
A. Demin and Panagiotis Tsiakaras

7. Solid oxide metal-air redox battery (SOMARB)
Kevin Huang

8. SOFC systems
Giovanni Brunaccini

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 30, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Massimiliano Lo Faro

Massimiliano Lo Faro is currently the leader of the SOFC research plan and activities at CNR-ITAE. He is particularly interested in the development of materials and components for Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells (SOCs) that operate between 400 °C and 800 °C. In his research over the past two decades, he has demonstrated that i) fuel cells can generate power with high efficiency (SOFCs) using directly dry biofuels, ii) hydrogen or synthetic fuels can be generated by electrolyzing H2O or co-electrolyzing H2O and CO2 (SOECs), and iii) Fe-air batteries can be used to store electricity with excellent round-trip efficiency and at very low cost. Over the course of his career, he has been a visiting scientist and lecturer abroad for short-medium periods. CNPq granted him a grant to spend two months per year at the University of Sao Paulo as a "Special Visiting Researcher" for four years (processo nº402180/2012-7). The FAPESP granted him two contracts 2018/02172 -7 (2018) and 2022/00818-2 (2022) for spending a bimester at the University of Sao Carlos, two short-term mobility financed by CNR for a period of 21 days at the University of Thessaly in 2005 and at U of Lille in 2021, one in Mexico (U. of Zacates and CIDETEQ) in 2009 and one in Lubjana in 2019 both financed by MAECI, one in Sofia in 2020 financed by a bilateral agreement between CNR-BAS. In recognition of his research on solid oxide electrochemical cells, he received the H2Roma Award (2012) and three Dokiya Fund Awards (2009, 2007, 2005). His membership in scientific organizations includes ISE, ECS, and SCI. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the chair of SCIGiovani. Among various conferences organized, he was chair of GEI2012, HYPOTHESIS XIV, ROUNDTABLE on HYDROGEN in LATIN-AMERICA-2019, ICH2P-2021, and the Italy-Brazil R2B workshop-2021.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Advanced Energy Technologies “Nicola Giordano” (ITAE), Salita S. Lucia sopra, Messina, Italy

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