Solid oxide fuel cell: materials, technology and application

Solid oxide fuel cells(SOFCs)offer a clean,pollution-free technology for the electrochemical conversion of chemical energy of hydrocarbon fuels into electricity.Many programs are being initiated in the United States,Europe,Japan and so on.The funding for SOFC development worldwide has risen dramatically and this trend is expected to continue for at least the next decades.These development programs are also investigating wider applications of SOFCs in stationary,residential,transportation and military sectors.Finally,it is summarized the key materials and fabrication processes of SOFC in this paper.