A Long Durability and High Power SOFC Stack for Portable Power Sources

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project aims to leverage the recent advancement of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) to enable a compact and portable fuel cell system with a system-level volumetric power density of 3000W/L, which can serve as the lightweight power source for US Army. Storagenergy Technologies, Inc. (Storagenergy) proposes a compact SOFC system for portable power source by integrating highly active cathode, coking-tolerant fuel reforming catalyst, novel cell/stack structure, and compact system design. Our effort in Phase-I focuses on demonstrating and validating these materials and cell/stack engineering at a stack level and then designing a compact, lightweight 1-3kW SOFC system having flexible fuel options.