16th Annual Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Workshop

Presentations

Tuesday, July 14th

• Workshop Opening and Introduction
  Heather Quedenfeld, Director, Advanced Energy Systems Division,
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Welcoming Remarks
  Grace M. Bochenek, Ph.D., Director,
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Fuel Cell Program Overview
  Shailesh Vora, Technology Manager, Fuel Cells,
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

SOFC Industry Teams
Moderator: Joseph Stoffa , U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Reliable SOFC Systems
  Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh, FuelCell Energy, Inc.
• SOFC Power System Development
  Rick Kerr, Delphi
• LG Fuel Cell Systems Program and Technology Update
  Zhien Liu and Cris DeBellis, LG Fuel Cell Systems, Inc.

SOFC Core Projects: Reliability, Robustness, and Endurance
Moderator: Patcharin Burke, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Mitigation of Cr Impurity Effects
  Srikanth Gopalan, Boston University
• Materials and Approaches for the Mitigation of SOFC Cathode Degradation in SOFC Power Systems
  Prabhakar Singh, University of Connecticut
• Long-Term Degradation of LSM-Based SOFC Cathodes: Use of a Proven Accelerated Test Regimen
  Mark R. De Guire, Case Western Reserve University
• Advanced SOFC Quality Control and the Role of Manufacturing Defects on Stack Reliability
  Neil Fernandes, Acumentrics SOFC, Inc.

ARPA-E REBELS Projects: Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells for Distributed Generation

• Reliable Electricity Based on Electrochemical Systems (REBELS): Program Overview
  John Lemmon, U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency
• Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Transformational Energy Conversion
  Bryan Blackburn, Redox Power Systems
• Nanocomposite Electrodes for a Solid Acid Fuel Cell Stack Operating on Reformate
  Alex Papandrew, University of Tennessee

Wednesday, July 15th

National Laboratories
Moderator: Briggs White, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• NETL R&D: SOFC Materials Development and Degradation Modeling
  Kirk Gerdes, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Durability and Reliability of Materials and Components for SOFCS: Measurement of Residual Stresses
  Edgar Lara-Curzio, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Evaluation of Feedstock Materials for SOFC Performance Reliability
  Brian Ingram, U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory
• SOFC Development at PNNL: Overview
  Jeff Stevenson, U.S. Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Integrating the PNNL SOFC Multi-Physics Model into the NETL Aspen System Model as a Reduced Order Model
  Gregory A. Hackett, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

SOFC Core Projects: Reliability, Robustness, and Endurance
Moderator: Briggs White, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Durable, Impermeable Brazes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Yue Qi, Michigan State University
• Cost-Effective Manufacturing and Morphological Stabilization of Nanaostructured Cathodes for Commercial SOFCs
  Tae-Sik Oh, University of Pennsylvania
• Development of Durable and High Performance Mixed Conducting Cathodes Supportive of Lower Cost SOFCs
  Xiao-Dong Zhou, University of South Carolina

ARPA-E REBELS Projects: Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells for Distributed Generation
Moderator: Seth Lawson , U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Development of an Intermediate Temperature Proton Conducting SOFC Stack with Internal Fuel Reforming
  Dave E. Tew, United Technologies Research Center
• Low-Cost, Intermediate Temperature, Fuel-Flexible Protonic-Ceramic Fuel Cell and Stack
  Jianhua Tong, Colorado School of Mines
• A Novel Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cell Tailored for Efficient Utilization of Methane
  Meilin Liu, Georgia Tech
• Medium-Temperature, Oxygen-Conducting Fuel Cell Based on a Novel Membrane Structure
  Ashish V. Pattekar, Palo Alto Research Center

ARPA-E REBELS Projects: Load-Following Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells

• Direct Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell–Battery Hybrid Electrochemical System
  Masaru Tscuchiya, SiEnergy Systems
• Fuel Cells with Dynamic Response Capability Based on Energy Storage Electrodes with Catalytic Function
  Yunfeng Lu, The University of California

Thursday, July 16th

SOFC Core Projects: Reliability, Robustness, and Endurance
Moderator: Steve Markovich, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Fundamental Investigations and Rational Design of Durable, High-Performance Cathode Materials
  Meilin Liu, Georgia Tech
• Mechanistic Enhancement of SOFC Cathode Durability
  Eric Wachsman, University of Maryland
• Surface-Modified Electrodes: Enhancing Performance Guided by In Situ Spectroscopy and Microscopy
  Michael Machala, Stanford University
• Enhancement of SOFC Cathode Electrochemical Performance Using Multi-Phase Interfaces
  Dane Morgan, University of Wisconsin
• Novel Nanostructure Tailored Highly Active and Stable Electrocatalytic Architecture on Surface of Cathode of SOFCS
  Xueyan Song, West Virgina University
• Scalable and Cost-Effective Barrier Layer Coating to Improve Performance and Stability of SOFC Cathode
  Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University

ARPA-E REBELS Projects: Liquid Fuel-Producing Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells

• Intermediate Temperature Electrogenerative Cells for Flexible Cogeneration of Power and Liquid Fuel
  Greg Tao, Materials & Systems Research, Inc.
• Liquid Fuels and Electricity From Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells
  Carl A. Willman, FuelCell Energy, Inc.
• Intermediate Temperature Hybrid Fuel Cell System for the Conversion of Natural Gas to Electricity and Liquid Fuels
  Theodore Krause, U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory

ARPA-E REBELS Projects: Load Following Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells and SOFC Projects
Moderator: Patcharin Burke, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• A Bifunctional Ceramic Fuel Cell Energy System
  Kevin Huang, University of South Carolina
• Intermediate Temperature Proton Conducting Fuel Cells for Transportation Applications
  S. (Elango) Elangovan, Ceramatec, Inc.
• Pressurized Testing of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Louis G. Carreiro, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
• Scaling Up WATT Fuel Cell’s Additive Manufacturing Process (AMP) for Tubular SOFCs
  Benjamin J. Emley, WATT Fuel Cell Corporation
• High Temperature Ceramic Heat Exchanger for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
  James F. Walton II, Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc.

Posters

• La₂NiO_4+δ-Infiltration to Improve both Performance and Stability of (La_0.6Sr_0.4)_0.995Co_0.2Fe_0.8O_3-δ Cathode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Xinxin Zhang and Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University
• Fundamental Investigations and Rational Design of Durable High-Performance SOFC Cathodes
  Yu Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Effects of Steam on Long Term Performance of Metal Ferrite Infiltrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
  Yueying “Lynn” Fan, AECOM
• Degradation of LSM-Based SOFC Cathodes Under Accelerated Testing
  Celeste Cooper and Mark R. De Guire, Case Western Reserve University
• Large Scale, Homogeneous SOFC Cathode Infiltration by Single Step, Ultrasonic Spraying Process
  Shiwoo Lee, AECOM
• In-Operando XRD of LSM/YSZ Cathodes in Combined H₂O + CO₂ during 1000+ h SOFC Tests
  John S. Hardy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Mechanical Property of Cathode Contact Materials and Surface Texture Effect on Cathode Contact Strength of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Y-S Matt Chou, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Single-Step, Infiltrated Cathodes for SOFC
  Yuan Cheng, University of Pennsylvania
• Fluidized Bed Production of Surface Functionalized Powders for SOFC Cathodes
  Nick M. Sbrockey, Structured Materials Industries, Inc.
• Enhancement of SOFC Cathode Electrochemical Performance Using Multi-Phase Interfaces
  Yueh-Lin Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Tailoring Infiltrate Particle Size Through Precursor Solution Desiccation or Nano-Ceria Preinfiltration
  Theodore E. Burye, Michigan State University
• Determining the Phase Stability and Oxygen Nonstoichiometry of Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite Structures by Combining Density Functional Theory and Thermodynamics
  Tridip Das, Michigan State University
• Oxygen Surface Exchange Measurements on Porous Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite Thick Films
  Yuxi Ma, Michigan State University
• Surface Modified LSCF Powders for SOFC Cathodes
  Jeffrey F. Roeder, Sonata, LLC
• YSZ SOFC Interconnect Barriers via ALD
  Jeffrey F. Roeder, Sonata, LLC
• Dip Coating Reactive Air Aluminization Process for SOFC Components
  Jung Pyung Choi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Protective Ceramic Coatings for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Balance-of-Plant Components
  Raymond Winter, InnoSense, LLC
• Protective Coatings for Metallic Components in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems
  Chris Corwin, NexTech Materials, Ltd. and Robin Kimbrell, Fuelcellmaterials.com
• Cost-Effective Dense YSZ Coatings for SOFC Interconnects
  Cheol-Woon Kim, MO-SCI Corporation
• An Alkali-Free Barium Borosilicate Viscous Sealing Glass for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Cheol-Woon Kim, MO-SCI Corporation
• Durability and Reliability of SOFC Materials and Components
  Edgar Lara-Curzio, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• A Discrete Element Model for Toughness of Rough Interfaces
  Brian J. Koeppel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Reduced Order Model Creation for SOFC Power System Models
  Kevin Lai, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Prediction of SOFC Performance via Multi-Physics Simulation Tool with Realistic Microstructure Properties
  Tao Yang, West Virginia University
• High Temperature Ceramic Heat Exchanger for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
  Jose Luis Cordova and James F Walton II, Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc.
• Intermediate-Temperature Fuel Cells Tailored for Efficient Utilization of Methane
  Ben Rainwater, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes for MW-Scale SOFC Power Systems for Improved Stack Reliability, Durability, and Cost
  Charles Osborne, LG Fuel Cell Systems, Inc.
• Innovative SOFC Technologies
  Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh, FuelCell Energy, Inc.
• High Power, Low Cost SOFC Stacks for Robust and Reliable Distributed Generation
  Bryan Blackburn, Redox Power Systems
• In-Operando Evaluation of SOFC Cathodes for Enhanced ORR Activity and Durability
  Eric Wachsman, University of Maryland
• Low-Cost, Durable, Contaminant-Tolerant Cathodes for SOFCs
  Yu Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Environmentally-Assisted Reactive Sintering of Spinel Layers for SOFC Cathode-Side Contact Application
  Jiahong Zhu, Tennessee Technological University
• Developing Accelerated Test Protocols and Tuning Microstructures of the Common Materials to Improve Robustness, Reliability, and Endurance of SOFC Cells
  Xiao-Dong Zhou, University of South Carolina
• Scalable Nano-Scaffold Architecture on the Internal Surface of SOFC Anode for Direct Hydrocarbon Utilization
  Xueyan Song, West Virginia University
• LSCF-CDZ Composite Cathodes for Improved SOFC Electrical Performance
  Gianfranco DiGiuseppe, Kettering University
• Investigating Oxygen Exchange Kinetics on Model SOFC Electrodes Using In Situ Optical Transmission Relaxation
  Sean Bishop, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Matrix Study of Aged Cells: Performance and Materials Degradation
  Neil Fernandes, Acumentrics SOFC, Inc.
• Processing of SOFC Anodes for Enhanced Intermediate Temperature Catalytic Activity at High Fuel Utilization
  Soumendra Basu, Boston University
• Materials and Approaches for Mitigation of SOFC Cathode Degradation in SOFC Power Systems
  Prabhakar Singh, University of Connecticut