Advancements,strategies,and prospects of solid oxide electrolysis cells(SOECs):Towards enhanced performance and large-scale sustainable hydrogen production

Solid oxide electrolysis cells(SOECs)represent a crucial stride toward sustainable hydrogen generation,and this review explores their current scientific challenges,significant advancements,and potential for large-scale hydrogen production.In SOEC technology,the application of innovative fabrication tech-niques,doping strategies,and advanced materials has enhanced the performance and durability of these systems,although degradation challenges persist,implicating the prime focus for future advancements.Here we provide in-depth analysis of the recent developments in SOEC technology,including Oxygen-SOECs,Proton-SOECs,and Hybrid-SOECs.Specifically,Hybrid-SOECs,with their mixed ionic conducting electrolytes,demonstrate superior efficiency and the concurrent production of hydrogen and oxygen.Coupled with the capacity to harness waste heat,these advancements in SOEC technology present signif-icant promise for pilot-scale applications in industries.The review also highlights remarkable achieve-ments and potential reductions in capital expenditure for future SOEC systems,while elaborating on the micro and macro aspects of sOECs with an emphasis on ongoing research for optimization and scal-ability.It concludes with the potential of SOEC technology to meet various industrial energy needs and its significant contribution considering the key research priorities to tackle the global energy demands,ful-fillment,and decarbonization efforts.

A new mutually destabilized reactive hydride system:LiBH4–Mg2NiH4

In this work,the hydrogen sorption properties of the LiBH4-Mg2NiH4 composite system with the molar ratio 2:2.5 were thoroughly investigated as a function of the applied temperature and hydrogen pressure.To the best of our knowledge,it has been possible to prove experimentally the mutual destabilization between LiBH4 and Mg2NiH4.A detailed account of the kinetic and thermodynamic features of the dehydrogenation process is reported here.

Wind energy as a source of green hydrogen production in the USA

The study incorporates an overview of the green hydrogen-production potential from wind energy in the USA,its application in power generation and the scope of substituting grey and blue hydrogen for industrial usage.Over 10 million metric tons of grey and blue hydrogen is produced in the USA annually to fulfil the industrial demand,whereas,for 1 million metric tons of hydrogen generated,13 million metric tons of CO_(2) are released into the atmosphere.The research aims to provide a state-of-the-art review of the green hydrogen technology value chain and a case study on the production of green hydrogen from an 8-MW wind turbine installed in the southern plain region of Texas.This research estimates that the wind-farm capacity of 130 gigawatt-hours is required to substitute grey and blue hydrogen for fulfilling the current US annual industrial hydrogen demand of 10 million metric tons.The study investi-gates hydrogen-storage methods and the scope of green hydrogen-based storage facilities for energy produced from a wind turbine.This research focuses on the USA’s potential to meet all its industrial and other hydrogen application requirements through green hydrogen.

Structural,thermomagnetic,and dielectric properties of Mn0.5Zn0.5GdxFe2-xO4(x=0,0.025,0.050,0.075,and 0.1)

In this paper,effect of Gd^3+was investigated on structural,magnetic,and dielectric properties of Mn0.5Zn0.5GdxFe2–xO4(x=0,0.025,0.050,0.075,and 0.1)nanoparticles prepared by facile coprecipitation method.X-ray diffraction(XRD)studies confirmed the single cubic spinel phase for all the samples and showed that lattice parameter(aexp)was found to increase from 8.414 to 8.446Åwith the substitution of Gd3+ions due to their larger ionic radii than the replaced Fe3+ions.Shape and size of developed nanoparticles were studied using transmission electron microscopy(TEM)and found that particle size decreased from 31.06 to 21.12 nm for x=0–0.1.Magnetic properties showed that maximum magnetization decreased from 39.21 to 23.59 emu/g,and Curie temperature decreased from 192 to 176℃with increase in x from 0 to 0.1 due to weakening of superexchange interaction.Dielectric parameters like dielectric constant(e¢ande¢),dielectric loss(tanδ),AC conductivity(σac),and impedance(Z¢and Z¢)as a function of frequency and composition were analyzed and discussed.It was found thate¢,e¢,σac,and tanδvalues decreased with Gd substitution,which has been explained based on Maxwell–Wagner theory and hopping mechanism of electrons between Fe3+and Fe2+ions at octahedral sites.Nyquist plots for all the developed compositions showed single semi-circular arc which indicate the dominant effect of grain boundaries.

Nitrogen‐doped tin oxide electron transport layer for stable perovskite solar cells with efficiency over 23%

Tin oxide has made a major breakthrough in high-efficiency perovskite solar cells(PSCs)as an efficient electron transport layer by the low-temperature chemical bath deposition method.However,tin oxide often contains pernicious defects,resulting in unsatisfactory performance.Herein,we develop high-quality tin oxide films via a nitrogen-doping strategy for high-efficiency and stable planar PSCs.The aligned energy level at the interface of doped SnO_(2)/perovskite,more excellent charge extraction and reduced nonradiative recombination contribute to the enhanced efficiency and stability.Correspondingly,the power conversion efficiency of the devices based on N‐SnO_(2) film increases to 23.41% from 20.55% of the devices based on the pristine SnO_(2).The N-SnO_(2) devices show an outstanding stability retaining 97.8% of the initial efficiency after steady-state output at a maximum power point for 600s under standard AM1.5G continuous illumination without encapsulation,while less than 50% efficiency remains for the devices based on pristine SnO_(2).This simple scalable strategy has shown great promise toward highly efficient and stable PSCs.