Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Development at NIMTE

Abstract

The biggest SOFC R&D activities in China are conducted at NIMTE where 45 full time staffs are vertically integrated. We manufacture and sale planar anode supported cells for international market with the highest performance/price ratio. We offer various nano-powders including LSM, LSCF, LSC, CGO, YSZ and SSZ. Long term tests on performance degradation, in particular at low temperature and high current density, are intensively carried out in our cell testing group. We demonstrated low cost stack by combining internal manifolding design and low cost components selection. A five cell short stack has run for more than 3000 hours and the voltage is monitored individually. Stacks of 500W to kW power range are built and tested. We successfully manufactured 30×30cm2 cells for multi-kilowatt single stack. 2kW power and heat co-generation system are under development and 20kW electrical generation system are planned this year in collaboration with a big Chinese electricity generation company.