Systems and methods for screening and optimization of solid oxide fuel cell materials
US6818134B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P70/50
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for high-throughput fabrication and evaluation of electrode and electrolyte material performance for solid oxide fuel cells. A system comprising a substrate, an auto-sampler operable for simultaneously controlling the flow rates of 2 or more solid oxide fuel cell components, a delivery apparatus, a mass flow controller, an x-y motion stage, and a microprocessor operable for controlling the system. A method comprising providing a library of samples, continuously and controllably supplying desired amounts of the samples to a liquid chromatography system where a multi-compositional mixture is formed, serially loading the multi-compositional mixture into a common sprayer, serially and distributively spraying the multi-compositional mixture onto a surface of a substrate, forming a discrete or continuous gradient array of the mixture reacted on the substrate, and evaluating the performance of the mixture for use in solid oxide fuel cells.
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