Daniel Beckel

TL;DR: In this article, a review of thin film deposition techniques and components relevant to micro solid oxide fuel cell (μSOFC) fabrication is presented, including current research on nanocrystalline thin film electrolyte and thin-film-based model electrodes.

TL;DR: In this article, the concept and the design of a micro-solid oxide fuel cell system is described and discussed, which consists of the fuel cell PEN element, a gas processing unit, and a thermal system PEN elements of freestanding multi-layer membranes are fabricated on Foturan ® and on Si substrates using thin film deposition and microfabrication techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, thin film cathodes were fabricated by spray pyrolysis and their performance was evaluated with area specific resistance (ASR) with a maximum processing temperature of 650°C, these cathodes are suitable for application in micro solid oxide fuel cells (μ-SOFC).

TL;DR: In this article, a single-layer yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) made by pulsedlaserdeposition (PLD) and a bilayer electrolyte of PLD and spray pyrolysis (SP)-deposited lanthanum strontium cobalt iron oxide (LSCF), a sputtered platinum film and platinum paste are used.

TL;DR: The state-of-the-art solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte material is YSZ of high ionic and nearly no electronic conductivity at temperatures between 800-1000 °C as discussed by the authors.