EUROPEAN CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION ON ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES - EUROMAT 2021

Nowadays, hydrogen technologies are gaining attractiveness due to strong economic and ecological trends. Governments and non-governmental organizations aim to eliminate conventional energy sources from the energy mix. The research for alternative solutions is currently top of the line. Hydrogen production on the way of the steam reforming of biogas is a tempting possibility, considering the...

Solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) are electrochemical systems enabling conversion of excess renewable energy via high-temperature steam electrolysis into hydrogen as energy carrier and sustainable fuel. Long-term degradation remains the main issue for the viability of this technology as a practical hydrogen production system. The concept of fuel-assisted SOEC relies on the supply of a...

Scandia stabilized zirconia (ScSZ) is a widely investigated material due to its thermal stability, mechanical properties, high electrochemical characteristics, and low cost which make ScSZ an ideal candidate for applications in solid oxide fuel cells, electrochemical oxygen gas sensors, oxygen pumps, etc.
The optimal composition maintaining cubic phase structure at low temperatures is one of...