FRANCISCO NOBUO TABUTI

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  • Artigo IPEN-doc 30176
    Steam reforming catalytic layer on anode-supported and metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells for direct ethanol operation
    2023 - MACHADO, MARINA; TABUTI, F.; PIAZZOLLA, F.; MORAES, T.; ABE, R.; GUIMARAES, R.M.; MIURA, Y.; FUKUYAMA, Y.; FONSECA, F.C.
    A catalyst based on lanthanum chromite with exsolved metallic ruthenium nanoparticles (LaCrO3-Ru) was applied as a catalytic layer for internal ethanol steam reforming of anode-supported and metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells. The metal support exhibits limited catalytic properties for the ethanol steam reforming reaction. Thus, the LaCrO3-Ru catalysts were optimized for operating temperatures in the 600-700 °C range to promote stable ethanol reforming. The catalytic layer had no significant impact on the electrochemical properties of the fuel cell, and samples with and without the catalytic layer exhibited similar performance in hydrogen. Initial durability tests with LaCrO3-Ru layer have shown that the catalytic layer plays a crucial role in the stability of the metal-supported fuel cell under ethanol.
  • Artigo IPEN-doc 28527
    Exploring the stability of direct ethanol solid oxide fuel cells at intermediate temperature
    2021 - FONSECA, F.C.; TABUTI, F.; MORAES, T.; ABE, R.; GUIMARAES, R.M.; MIURA, Y.; FUKUYAMA, Y.
    Anode supported fuel cells were tested in direct (no water added) bioethanol at intermediate temperature (600°C and 700°C). The standard fuel cell has reasonable short-term stability under dry ethanol if current is continuously drawn at a minimum fuel utilization factor at 700ºC. However, the YSZ/Ni anode develops carbon deposits as inferred from post fuel cell test analyses and fixed bed steam reforming catalytic tests at 600°C. Thus, an active catalytic layer with tailored properties for ethanol internal reforming was studied. Initial tests investigated the Ir/gadolinium-doped ceria catalysts previously proven stable at 850°C. The main results have shown that the catalytic layer has no significant effect on the performance of the fuel cell running under hydrogen. The use of a ceria-based catalytic layer has enhanced the stability of the fuel cell under dry ethanol at 700°C, but stable operation at 600°C requires the development of more active catalyst.
  • Artigo IPEN-doc 24416
    Anodic layers based on doped-Ceria/Ni cermet for direct ethanol fuel cells
    2017 - SILVA, A.A. da; TABUTI, F.N.; MATTOS, L.V.; STEIL, M.C.; NORONHA, F.B.; FONSECA, F.C.
    Ceria-based/Ni cermets were studied as the catalytic layer deposited onto the standard yttria-stabilized zirconia/Ni anode for direct ethanol solid oxide fuel cells. The influence of the dopant on both Zr- and Nb-doped (10 mol%) ceria and pure ceria was investigated on the properties of cermets with Ni ~15% volume fraction. Electrolyte-supported fuel cells with ceria-based/Ni catalytic layer were tested for ~100 hours under (dry) ethanol. Fuel cells using the different ceria/Ni cermets showed excellent stability on ethanol, irrespectively of the different properties of the ceramic phase of the catalytic layer. Fuel cells results confirmed that the studied ceria-based cermets are stable catalysts towards ethanol steam reforming.