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Contents
List of Contributors xi
Preface xv
Chapter 1 Introduction to SOFCs
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Historical Summary 2
1.3 Zirconia Sensors for Oxygen Measurement 4
1.4 Zirconia Availability and Production 5
1.5 High-Quality Electrolyte Fabrication Processes 7
1.6 Electrode Materials and Reactions 8
1.7 Interconnection for Electrically Connecting the Cells 11
1.8 Cell and Stack Designs 12
1.9 SOFC Power Generation Systems 14
1.10 Fuel Considerations 15
1.11 Competition and Combination with Heat Engines 17
1.12 Application Areas and Relation to Polymer Electrolyte
Fuel Cells 18
1.13 SOFC-Related Publications 19
References 19
Chapter 2 History
2.1 The Path to the First Solid Electrolyte Gas Cells 23
2.2 From Solid Electrolyte Gas Cells to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 26
2.3 First Detailed Investigations of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 29
2.4 Progressin the 1960s 32
2.5 On the Path to Practical Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 40
References 44
Chapter 3 Thermodynamics
3.1 Introduction 53
3.2 The Ideal Reversible SOFC 56
3.3. Voltage Losses by Ohmic Resistance and by Mixing
Effects by Fuel Utilisation 62
