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http://dx.doi.org/10.5229/JKES.2006.9.3.124

Development of in-situ Sintered Ni-Al Alloy Anode for Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell  

Chun, H.A. (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Yoon, S.P. (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Han, J. (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Nam, S.W. (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Lim, T.H. (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society / v.9, no.3, 2006 , pp. 124-131 More about this Journal
Abstract
For commercialization of molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), it has some problems to be overcome such as decrease of porosity and thickness of the anode under the operating condition (at $650^{\circ}C$ and working pressure of more than 2 $kg_f/cm^2$). Recently, Ni-Al alloy anode has been proposed to replace the conventional Ni-Cr anode as an alternative material to resist a creep and inhibit the sintering. The objective of this research is to sinter the green sheet of Ni-Al alloy anode during single cell pre-treatment process, which has several advantages like cost down and simplification of manufacturing process. However, the Ni-Al alloy anode prepared with a conventional pre-treatment process showed the phase separation of Ni-Al alloy and formation of micropore(${\leqq}0.4{\mu}m$), resulting in low creep resistance and high electrolyte re-distribution. In order to prevent the Ni-Al alloy anode from phase-separating, nitrogen gas was used in the process of pre-treatment. Introducing the nitrogen, the phase separation from Ni-Al alloy into nickel and alumina was minimized and increased creep resistance. However, there was some micropore formation on the surface of Ni-Al alloy anode during the cell operation due to creation of lithium aluminate. Addition of more amount of electrolyte into a cell, especially at cathode, made the cell performance stable for 2,000 hrs. Consequently, it was possible to make the Ni-Al alloy anode with good creep resistance by the modified in-situ sintering technique.
Keywords
MCFC; Ni-Al alloy; In-situ Sintering; Creep Resistance;
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