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11-05 :: May/June 2011

© Fuel Cell and Energy Technology (FCET) Division at the Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIMTE, China)

A group of researchers from the Fuel Cell and Energy Technology (FCET) Division at the Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIMTE, China), announced new progress in High Temperature Electrolysis (HTE) process after two year research financially supported by Chinese Academy of Sci- ences and Ministry of Science and Technology of China.

Hydrogen is also preferred renewable energy sto- rage for excessive solar and wind energy. Presently, over 90% of hydrogen is produced from natural gas – but the process is quite costly. High temperature electrolysis (HTE) uses the reversal reaction of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) to produce hydrogen at a rather high efficiency. The NIMTE researchers used a standard SOFC stack module produced by NIMTE in small series for HTE research. The stack con- tained 30 unit cells having effective areas of 70cm2

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