Additive Manufacturing of Large Area SOC with Advanced Features

• Main Authors: Lira, Maritta, Kostretsova, Natalia, Bernadet, Lucile, Morata, Alex, Torrell, Marc, Tarancón, Albert
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1938-5862; 1938-6737
• DOI: 10.1149/10301.0149ecst

The incorporation of electrochemical-based energy devices such as Solid Oxide Cells (SOC) to the renewable energy sector in the frame of a modern energy generation strategy could be beneficial, taking into account the opportunity to store renewable energy overproduction as well as to use, subsequently, this hydrogen as a fuel for energy generation in the same device. Nowadays SOC manufacturing approaches, meet the limits originated by the capabilities of the techniques to produce the ceramic components with complicated geometries. The AM, specifically the SLA in this work, allows the simplification of SOC manufacturing process in a more effective way in terms of time, cost, and waste material reduction. To demonstrate its scalability, large area 3YSZ electrolytes (~50-60cm 2 ) with the advanced geometries were fabricated by SLA three-dimensional printer, to be implemented as an electrolyte-supported cell using YSZ composites with lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM) as a cathode and nickel composites as an anode.