Reversibility in monolithic dual membrane fuel cell

D Vladikova (1) , Z Stoynov (1) , Anthony Chesnaud (2) , Alain Thorel (2) , M Viviani (3) , A Barbucci (4) , Ch Nicolella (5) , A Bertei (5) , G Raikova (1) , P Carpanese (4) , M Krapchanska (1)

1 Institute of electrochemistry and energy systems
2 MAT - Centre des Matériaux
3 IENI - Istituto per l'Energetica e le Interfasi
4 Department of chemical and process engineering
5 Department of chemical engineering

A promising direction in the development of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) is the reversible approach in which the device operates as a fuel cell and as an electrolyzer. A serious problem is the asymmetry of the system when operating in the two modes. A definitive breakthrough is the separation of the water production/consumption from the two electrodes. For fuel cell mode this idea has been realized in the innovative concept of the dual membrane fuel cell (dmFC). The cell consists of three independent chambers for hydrogen, oxygen and water. This work presents the reversibility studies of the dmFC. The first results are very promising. They show good reversibility without application of a special catalyst for enhancement of the water splitting.

Mots clés: dual membrane fuel cell; fuel cell/electrolyzer; mechanistic model; reversible mode

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Matière Condensée [cond-mat]; Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

D Vladikova, Z Stoynov, Anthony Chesnaud, Alain Thorel, M Viviani, et al.. Reversibility in monolithic dual membrane fuel cell. Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 2015, 47, pp.519-525. ⟨hal-01289748⟩