Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells 2019

Dear Colleagues,

Due to global warming and its consequences, renewable energy production technologies will be called on to play a significant role in the immediate future. It is essential to find new, effective solutions that allow for the integration of sustainable energy production techniques into the current existing systems and thereby decreasing the emissions. In order to use the most energy of the renewable sources then it is a key that such solutions can be used for polygeneration purposes, such as electricity, fuel and freshwater productions (instead of dissipating heat to the environment). However, it is often the case that there is a mismatch between electricity production from the renewable sources and the demand, indicating the need to store energy. Electrolysis technology, such as solid oxide electrolyte cell (SOEC), can be used to store the excess energy in fuel form when the renewable source is higher than demand. The stored fuel can then be used to generate electricity, heat/cool and freshwater by a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) when the renewable source is low, such as during night time when using sun energy or on a calm day when using wind energy. This implies that there is a need for a reversible solid oxide cell (RSOC) that can produce synthetic fuel from electricity or produce electricity from fuel when reversed.

The main goal of this Special Issue is to bring theoretical, numerical, and experimental contributions that describe original research results and/or innovative concepts that address all aspects of SOC related findings and problems, such as system design, cell modelling, alternative fuel production, polygeneration systems, etc. One important area that has not received much attention is designing a dual-mode SOC system.

Your contribution is highly appreciated for this Special Issue.

Dr. Masoud Rokni
Guest Editor

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