Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells VII, Volume 32, Issue 4

Preface ix Introduction xi CELL/STACK DEVELOPMENT Recent Development of SOFC Cell and Stack at NTT 3 Reiichi Chiba, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu, Himeko Orui,Kazuhiko Nozawa, Kimitaka Watanabe, Yoshiteru Yoshida, MasayukiYokoo, Akihiro Miyasaka, Hajime Arai, and Katsuya Hayashi Investigation of the Effects of NiO-ScSZ-Layer Insertion on theCurrent Collection and Catalytic Properties of ScSZ-basedMicro-Tubular SOFC 15 Toshiaki Yamaguchi and Nigel Sammes ELECTROLYTES Effect of Dopants on Ce02 Based Solid State Electrolytes forIntermediate Temperature Electrochemical Devices 23 E. Yu. Pikalova, A. K. Demin, V. G. Bamburov, V. I. Maragou, andP. E. Tsiakaras ELECTRODES Electrochemical Phenomena in MEA Electrodes 37 Mihails Kusnezoff, Nikolai Trofimenko, and AlexanderMichaelis The Effect of A-Site Stoichiometry on LSCF Cathode Performanceand Stability 61 Jared Templeton, John Hardy, Zigui Lu, and JeffStevenson Influence of Operational Parameters on LSCF and LSF Stability67 Amaia Arregui, Lide M. Rodriguez-Martinez, Stefano Modena, Janvan Herle, Massimo Bertoldi, and Vincenzo M. Sglavo Assessment of the Electrochemical Properties of BSCF andSamarium Doped BSCF Perovskites 77 Keling Zhang, Alex Lassman, Atul Verma, and PrabhakarSingh Role of Sintering Atmosphere on the Stability of LSM-YSZComposite 89 Manoj Mahapatra and Prabhakar Singh INTERCONNECTS Crofer22 APU in Real SOFC Stacks 101 Qingping Fang, Mario Heinrich, and Christian Wunderlich Assessment of Chromium Evaporation from Chromia and AluminaForming Alloys 115 Sanjit Bhowmick, Gavin Le, Atul Verma, and PrabhakarSingh Effect of Chromium Doping on the Crystal Structure, ElectricalConductivity and Thermal Expansion of Manganese Cobalt SpinelOxides 125 Yingjia Liu, Kangli Wang, and Jeffrey W. Fergus Effect of Metallic Interconnect Thickness on its Long-TermPerformance in SOFCs 131 Wenning Liu, Xin Sun, Liz Stephens, and Moe Khaleel Characterization of the Conductive Protection Layers on AlloyInterconnect for SOFC 139 Xiaojia Du, Minfang Han, and Ze Lei NOVEL CELL/STACK DESIGN AND PROCESSING Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells149 Norbert H. Menzler, Wolfgang Schafbauer, Robert Mücke, RalfKauert, Oliver Büchler, Hans Peter Buchkremer, and DetlevStöver Production of Current Collector-Supported Micro-Tubular SolidOxide Fuel Cells with Sacrificial Inner Core 161 Ricardo De la Torre, Michèle Casarin, and Vincenzo M.Sglavo RELIABILITY/DEGRADATION Numerical Modeling of Cathode Contact Material Densification171 Brian J. Koeppel, Wenning Liu, Elizabeth V. Stephens, and Moe A.Khaleel Observations on the Air Electrode-Electrolyte InterfaceDegradation in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells 183 Michael Keane, Atul Verma, and Prabhakar Singh FUEL REFORMING Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells195 Mitsunobu Kawano, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Koji Hashino, and ToruInagaki Author Index 207