• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.478-482
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• 2016

Metal-supported SOFCs have been investigated to overcome the disadvantages of ceramic-supported SOFCs, including issues related to mechanical strength and sealing. In the case of ceramic-supported cells, the mechanical support is a brittle ceramic or cermet, and it contains expensive materials. However, metal-supported cells utilize ceramic layers that are only as thick as necessary for electrochemical functioning, thereby compensating for the disadvantages of ceramic-supported cells. The mechanical support is fabricated from inexpensive and robust metals, and the electrochemically active layers are applied directly to the metal support. The metal-supported SOFCs thus can provide a reduced system cost, ease of manufacturing, and operational advantages. Owing to these features, metal-supported SOFCs are a very promising candidate for commercialization. Given the importance of studying worldwide trends in metal-supported SOFC research for performance evaluation, this paper reviews development trends with a focus on fabrication methods. Furthermore, a novel fabrication method developed in KAIST is discussed.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.78.1-78.1
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• 2010

The metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) was studied. Hydrocarbon fueled operation is necessary to make SOFC system. Different operating characteristics for metal-supported SOFC are used than for conventional ones as hydrocarbon fueled operation. Metal-supported SOFC was successfully fabricated by a high temperature sinter-joining method and the cathode was in-situ sintered. Synthetic gas, which is compounded as the diesel reformate gas composition and low hydrocarbons was completely removed by the diesel reformer. Metal-supported SOFC with synthetic gas was operated and evaluated and its characteristics analyzed. Button cell and $5{\times}5cm^2$ single stack were mainly operated and analyzed. Long-term operation using diesel reformate shows degradation, and degradation analysis was completed in the view of metal oxidation. Solution to increase stability of long-term operation was tried in the way of materials and operating conditions. Finally, $5{\times}5cm^2$ metal-supported single stack using synthetic gas was operated for 1000 hours under the modified condition.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2011

In this study, a metal-supported SOFC was fabricated using a relatively cheap and simple process. The adhesion process between ceramic cell and metal support was performed in high temperature over $1400^{\circ}C$ and the deformation of large metal-supported cell happened in this process. Using bi-layered metal support fabricated by diffusion bonding, the deformation of the metal-supported cell can be minimized and the sealing efficiency of anode and cathode was improved. The flatness of the cell was improved by over 20% and the maximum power density of over 0.5 $Wcm^{-2}$ was obtained at the operation condition of $800^{\circ}C$.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.143-146
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• 2009

The metal-supported SOFC has beed developed as a new concept of SOFC which has higher mechanical strength. However, the mass transfer rate in this type of SOFC may be decreased due to the contact layer and the support layer and that can cause the low performance. Therefore, numerical analysis of the heat and mass transfer characteristics in a metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell(SOFC) is studied in this paper. Governing equations and electrochemical equations are calculated simultaneously. And the numerical results are compared with the experimental results for the code validation. The current density, temperature, and pressure drop are suggested as numerical results.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.317-324
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• 2010

고체산화물연료전지의 상용화를 위해서 금속지지체형 고체산화물연료전지가 개발되었다. 이 연료전지는 기계적강도를 향상시킨 새로운 개념의 연료전지지만 접합층으로 인해 물질전달률이 감소한다. 본 논문에서는 전산해석을 이용하여 연료극지지체형 고체산화물연료전지와 금속지지체형 고체산화물연료전지의 물질전달율을 비교하고자 한다. 지배방정식, 전기화학반응, 세라믹 물성치 모델이 동시에 해석된다. 그리고 다공성 매질 내부의 물질전달 해석을 위해서 분자확산과 누센확산이 함께 고려된다. 전산해석의 검증을 위해서 실험결과와 해석결과를 비교한다. 금속 지지체형 고체산화물 연료전지의 평균 전류밀도가 연료극지지체형 고체산화물연료전지에 비해 약 23% 감소한다. 그러나 접합층으로 인해 금속지지체형 고체산화물연료전지가 더 균일한 전류밀도 분포를 가진다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.196-200
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• 2010

Recently porous metal has been used as supporting metal in planar type SOFC. In order to search optimum alloys for porous metal support and estimate the stability of metal-supported SOFC at high temperature, it is necessary to investigate the oxidation behaviors of porous material for metal support in comparison with dense material. Oxidation tests of porous and dense stainless steels were conducted at $600^{\circ}C$ and $800^{\circ}C$. Since the specific surface area of porous material is much larger than that of dense material, surface area should be considered in order to compare the oxidation rate of porous stainless steel with that of dense stainless steel. The specific surface area of porous body was measured using image analyzer. The weight gain of porous stainless steel was much greater than those of dense stainless steels due to its larger specific surface area. considering the specific surface area, the oxidation rate of porous stainless steel is likely to be the same as that of dense stainless steel with the same surface area. The change in chromium content in stainless steel during oxidation was also investigated. The experimental result in chromium content in stainless steel during oxidation corresponded with the calculated value. While the change in chromium content in dense stainless steel during oxidation is negligible, chromium content in porous stainless steel rapidly decreases with oxidation time due to its large specific surface area. The significant decrease in chromium content in porous stainless steel during oxidation may affect the oxidation resistance of porous stainless steel support and long term stability of metal-supported SOFC.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.379-381
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• 2009

The simulation model for metal-supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell(SOFC) is developed in this study. Open circuit voltage is calculated using Nernst equation and Gibbs free energy is required by thermodynamic. The exchange current densities are compared with experimental results since exchange current density is most effective factor for the activation loss. Liu's study is used for the exchange current density of cathode, BSCF, and Koide's result is applied for the exchange current density of anode, Ni/YSZ. For the ohmic loss, ionic conductivity of YSZ is described from Kilner's mode and the data are compared with Wanzenberg's experimental data. Diffusivity is an important factor for the mass transfer through the porous medium. Both binary diffusion and Knudsen diffusion are considered as the diffusion mechanism. For validation, simulation results at this work are compared with our experimental results.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권10호
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• pp.777-782
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• 2004

액상응결 공정법과 일축가압성형법으로 제조된 기판위에 전해질과 양극층을 스크린 인쇄법으로 구성한 후 열처리함으로써 최종크기가 $5\times5cm^2$인 SOFC 단전지를 제조하였다. 본 연구에서는 이들 단전지와 인코넬 합금으로 제조된 접속자 그리고 가스켓형의 밀봉재를 이용하여 스택을 구성하였다. 본 연구에 사용된 스택은 연료가스와 산화가스가 교차되는 형태의 가스채널을 가지며 가스매니폴드가 내부에 구성되어 있는 형태로 설계되었다. 제작된 3단 스택의 성능을 평가해 본격과 15W 정도의 최고출력을 나타내었는데 이는 단전지 출력성능으로부터 예측된 최고출력치의 $50\%$ 정도에 해당되는 출력이었다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 스택성능에 영향을 주는 조정인자들과 스택디자인 인자들에 대한 분석을 수행하였다.