Enhanced MOdels to Outreach Dual membrane solid oxide fuel cell design limits

EMOOD will develop a reversible high temperature electrochemical device able to operate optimally either as a fuel cell of as an electolyzer, in view of buffering the intermittence of energy production in RES applications. The project follows an Integrate d Computational Materials Engineering approach for which an electrochemical macroscopic model is developed, that integrates kinetics of microscopic reactions and real 3D microstructure. The project is based on a solid experimental and theoretical ground a cquired during a former FP7 project during which an innovative 3-chamber dual membrane cell was developed and tested, and proved to be reversible and superior to standard SOFCs and PCFCs. EMOOD proposes to go well beyond by improving the concept through o ptimization loops based on a criterion for optimum reversibility, and in which the model produces "numerical materials and cells" that will serve as an efficient tool for improving shaping, cell materials and microstructure.