Commercial SOFC fed with dry ethanol: Challenge or realty?

This paper reports on the most recent achievements obtained at CNR-ITAE on direct use of in solid oxide fuel cells. The experiments carried out are addressed to the use of a coating layer on the anode and to find proper operating conditions in order to affect positively the power density and fuel conversion. Therefore, in this manuscript are reported experimental results concerning the development of materials and electrochemical characterization of cells.