Fuel Cells

It has been reported that the use of rare earth metal oxides has utility in various aspects of fuel cell design, but especially as components in electrodes and as low-temperature electrolytes in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). NanoArc^TM ceria and mixed rare earth metal oxides have shown promise in testing for such applications. Special formulations of mixed rare earth metal oxides can be commercially manufactured according to development partner or customer requirements, an example of which is a range of ceria samaria nanomaterials made specifically for a fuel cell application. Nanophase has also developed patent pending technology for applying these and other nanoparticle coatings using standard high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) thermal spray equipment.