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Investigation of Metals Corrosion in SOFCs Using Raman Spectroscopy (PNNL Scope # 40552 SOFC Interconnects)


EMSL Project ID
16707

Abstract

Objectives:
The objectives of this task to:
• Use the Raman spectroscopy to investigate carbon dusting on SOFC interconnect candidate alloys
• Understand the carbon dusting and corrosion behavior of the interconnect candidate alloys under the SOFC operating conditions.

Approach:
• Test interconnect candidate alloys, e.g. Crofer22 APU under a hydrocarbon fuel and the air||fuel dual environment at 800oC for 1,000 hours. In this work, a reformate will be used as a representative of the hydrocarbon fuel.
• Study the tested samples first by surface X-ray diffraction effects, and then by the Raman spectroscopy.
• Investigate the tested samples further by SEM analyses on the surface and cross-sections of the samples. TEM can be option, depending on the outcome and the completeness of previous analyses.

Project Details

Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2005-10-13
End Date
2006-11-01
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Guanguang (Gordon) Xia
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Team Members

Paul Gassman
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory