Presentation of IDEAL CeLL

Video 1 : How it works!
Video 2 : web conference during the "Resboat meeting"
Video 3 : interview of Alain Thorel, Scientific coordinator

IDEAL-Cell proposes to develop a new innovative and competitive concept of a high temperature fuel cell, operated in the range 600-700°C, based on the junction between a PCFC anode/ electrolyte part and a SOFC electrolyte/cathode, through a mixed H+ and O2- conducting porous ceramic membrane.

Protons created at the anode progress towards the central membrane to meet with oxygen ions created at the cathode, to form water, which is evacuated through the interconnected porosity network. Therefore, in our concept, hydrogen, oxygen and
water are located in 3 independent chambers, which allows avoiding all the detrimental consequences linked to the presence of water at electrodes (low fuel and electrical eciency, interconnect corrosion, need for a gas counter-ow…).

The IDEAL-Cell concept brings a considerable enhancement of the overall system eciency (ne-tuning of the catalytic properties of the electrode, possibility of applying a pressure on both the electrode sides, more simple and compact stack-design with
less sophisticated interconnects, more ecient pre-heating of gas, simplied heat exchange system for co-generation, availability of high quality pure water for vaporeforming…).

• www.ideal-cell.eu/