CX-101726: Intermediate Temperature Proton-Conducting Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells with Improved Performance and Durability

Award Number: DE-EE0008378
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Fuel Cell Technologies Office
Location(s): WV
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to West Virginia University (WVU) to develop an intermediate temperature (T = 600ºC) proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell (IT H-SOEC). The cell would include a water-splitting functional layer involving a conformal coating of electro-catalyst/electrolyte matrixes. The project would also seek to identify highly active, triple-conducting electrocatalysts and to develop conformal coating methods for depositing these catalysts into composite anode functional layers.