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Present Status and Development Trends of Sealing Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

ZHU Qing-Shan, PENG Lian, HUANG Wen-Lai, XIE Zhao-Hui   

  1. Multiphase Reaction Lab, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
  • Received:2005-02-17 Revised:2005-04-28 Published:2006-03-20 Online:2006-03-20

Abstract: Sealing was identified as one of main technical barriers in the commercialization of advanced planar solid oxide fuel cells(SOFCs). Much attention has therefore been paid to SOFC sealing. In the present paper, current status of SOFC sealing, including the functions of sealing, sealing strategy, types of sealing, sealing materials (metal alloys, braze, mica, glass, glass ceramics, etc.), was reviewed. Future trends about SOFC sealing were discussed.

Key words: solid oxide fuel cells, sealing materials, glass and glass ceramic seals

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