Characterization of high temperature ceramic composite sealants (CCS) with addition of alumosilicate based waste material for the potential use in it-sofc

Abstract

In the present paper, possible application of novel concept synthesis method of ceramic composite sealants (CCS) with implementation of alumosilicate-based waste material in intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFC) was investigated. Besides two different basic variants of alumina matrix nanocomposites stabilized by rare earths and carbon materials (CCS-RE and CCS-C), for this purpose two additional sealant compositions with 5 wt.% addition of waste material (CCS-RE5 and CCS-C5) were designated for a comparative study. The aim of this research was to characterize the waste material, as well as the starting components used for developing ceramic composites through various characterization techniques. Analytical procedures for determining chemical composition with focus on heavy metal content in waste was performed in order to ensure the waste is ecologically acceptable to be used as an additive. Besides, the crystalline phase composition of the raw materials as well as of the sealant compositions was determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Finally, obtained results revealed that this research may provide the possible solution of forming a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly and high-efficient ceramic sealants for application in IT-SOFC by incorporating waste materials in its composition, without significant negative effects on its performance and main properties.