Ceramic Fuel Cells: Principles, Materials, and Applications

Ceramic fuel cells can be understood as fuel cells which use an oxide ceramic as an electrolyte. This chapter describes ceramic fuel cells and its role using a top-down approach, starting from a system point of view, followed by examples of recent application trends. Based on this, an overview on cell developments materials choice and processing is provided. An outlook is also provided on new concepts for ceramic fuel cells. The chapter provides an overview of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system development. Nowadays ceramic fuel cell focuses on the use of alternative energy carriers. This requires new cell and system concepts, as well as a need for alternative materials and electrocatalysts.