SBIR Phase I: Innovative Laser-Based Process for Commercially Viable Nanostructured Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将使用基于激光热解、激光反应沉积（LRD）和单级烧结的独特且具有成本效益的激光沉积技术，开发高性能且具有商业吸引力的固体氧化物燃料电池（SOFC）。该项目同时解决了延缓SOFC商业化的经济和性能障碍，并将重点确定阳极和薄膜电解质LRDTM加工条件，在适合完整阳极/电解质/阴极电池单阶段烧结的温度下，烧结后两层都能产生最佳的微观结构。通过克服SOFC大规模商业化的经济和技术障碍，该项目将使燃料电池成为目前基于化石燃料的发电方法的环保替代品，并将减少对进口石油的依赖。此外，燃料电池分布式发电通过消除对中央电网的依赖，大大提高了供电的安全性和可靠性。此外，激光纳米材料的合成和沉积技术在电子、光学、能量存储和能量转换方面具有许多潜在的应用。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop high-performance and commercially attractive solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) using a unique and cost-effective laser- based deposition technique based upon laser pyrolysis, Laser Reactive Deposition (LRD), and single stage sintering. The project addresses simultaneously the economic and performance barriers delaying SOFC commercialization and will focus on identifying the anode and thin-film electrolyte LRDTM processing conditions that yield optimal microstructures in both layers after sintering at temperatures suitable for single-stage sintering of complete anode/electrolyte/cathode cells.By overcoming the economical and technical barriers for SOFC mass commercialization, the project will enable adoption of fuel cells as environmentally benign alternatives to current fossil fuel based generation methods and will reduce the dependence on imported oil. In addition fuel cell enabled distributed generation greatly increases power supply security and reliability by eliminating central grid dependence. Additionally, LRD, laser-based nanomaterials synthesis and deposition technology, has many potential applications in electronic, optical, energy storage, and energy conversion applications.