Saad Waseem

Nano-Catalyst Enhanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes for Increased Stability within Hydrocarbon Containing Fuels Investigating methods to increase the performance and stability of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) with Ni-based anodes operating on hydrocarbon reformate fuels. A liquid solution infiltration (impregnation) method is being developed and optimized which will permit the uniform deposition of both single- and multi-phase nano-catalysts throughout the porous anode. The impregnated SOFCs are evaluated using current-voltage-power (I-V-P) measurements and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy while operating under varying reformate fuel compositions. Post-mortem microstructure and chemistry characterizations are used in analysis.