Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Electrolyte Structure Fabrication Using Electrophoretic Deposition

Abstract

Electrophoretic deposition has been evaluated as a technique for preparing porous matrices suitable for use as molten carbonate fuel cell electrolyte structures. Although both the technique and the deposited product initially appeared to be well suited for the application, structural fracture resulted during impregnation with the alkali carbonate electrolyte necessary for fuel cell operation. Data are presented comparing and contrasting the physical properties of electrophoretically fabricated and hot‐pressed electrolyte structures.