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Semiconductor‐ionic materials could play an important role in advanced fuel‐to‐electricity conversion |
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| Authors: | Bin Zhu Sining Yun Peter D Lund |
| Affiliation: | 1. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Physics and Electronic Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China;2. Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK;3. Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China;4. Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China;5. School of Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland |
| Abstract: | Functional semiconductor‐ionic materials can be used to realize a single component or so‐called “three‐in‐one” fuel cell design. Such materials integrate the functionalities of fuel cell's anode, electrolyte, and cathode into one component. The underlying principle of a single‐component fuel cell design combines material band structures with ionic species/transport. The performance values of such devices could exceed that of traditional fuel cells. This could represent a major progress in fuel cell science and technology and lies grounds for a new direction of fuel cell R&D and commercialization. |
| Keywords: | fuel‐to‐electricity conversion ionic conductors semiconductor‐ionic materials single component fuel cell solid oxide fuel cell |