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Article: Development of a high-efficiency micro fuel cell module.(FUEL CELLS)
- Article from:
- Advanced Ceramics Report
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), based in Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with NGK Spark Plug Co Ltd (NGK), based in Nagoya, Japan, have developed a micro fuel cell module with small-sized tubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC).
The highly efficient micro SOFC module can function as a ceramic reactor, says AIST. The micro fuel cell module has a size of 1 [cm.sup.3] with small-size tubular SOFCs of diameters ranging from millimetre to sub-millimetre and achieves the power density of larger than 2 W.[cm.sup.-3] at 550[degrees]C.
A ceramic reactor, which electrochemically converts material and ...