Nanotechnology Based Green Energy Conversion Devices with Multifunctional Materials at Low Temperatures.
BACKGROUND
Nanocomposites (integrating the nano and composite technologies) for advanced fuel cells (NANOCOFC) demonstrate the great potential to reduce the operational temperature of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) significantly in the low temperature (LT) range 300-600ºC. NANOCOFC has offered the development of multi-functional materials composed of semiconductor and ionic materials to meet the requirements of low temperature solid oxide fuel cell (LTSOFC) and green energy conversion devices with their unique mechanisms.


METHODS
This work reviews the recent developments relevant to the devices and the patents in LTSOFCs from nanotechnology perspectives that reports advances including fabrication methods, material compositions, characterization techniques and cell performances.


CONCLUSIONS
Finally, the future scope of LTSOFC with nanotechnology and the practical applications are also discussed.
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Solar Energy Science and Technology, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yuzheng
Y
Lu
Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Muhammad
M
Afzal
Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.|Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Physics and Electronic Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Bin
B
Zhu
Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.|Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Physics and Electronic Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Baoyuan
B
Wang
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Solar Energy Science and Technology, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jun
J
Wang
Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Chen
C
Xia
Green energy; LTSOFC; NANOCOFC; ionic materials; multi-functional nanocomposites; nanotechnology; semiconductor-ionic material.