The recent publication in Applied Energy, titled High Power Density SOFCs for Decarbonizing Heavy Duty Transportation Applications, presents research from a collaboration between Mines and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KiT). The study explores the use of ammonia as a carbon-free fuel for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) in heavy-duty transport.

Using a multi-scale modeling approach, the work analyzes a hybrid SOFC-gas turbine system and finds that Ni-GDC-based (low temperature) SOFCs can achieve high power density without requiring an external ammonia cracker.

The full paper is available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261924010298