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Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Hydrogen Storage and Production
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2025.1530464
This article is part of the Research Topic Advanced Water Splitting Technologies Development: Best Practices and Protocols Volume II View all 5 articles
Dynamic Testing of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells Standard Operating Procedure
Provisionally accepted- 1 Berkeley Lab (DOE), Berkeley, California, United States
- 2 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE), Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- 3 Idaho National Laboratory (DOE), Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States
This study focuses on establishing a standardized dynamic operation protocol for testing Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs), highlighting their potential in dynamic energy applications due to their high efficiency, flexibility, and adaptability to dynamic conditions. Detailed documentation of sample preparation, selection of sealing materials, design of test equipment, testing parameters and cautions for dynamic cell testing is provided. This work aims to address gaps in the existing literature which lacks comprehensive guidance on, and discuss common pitfalls related to, dynamic testing.
Keywords: Soec, Standard operating procedure, Sealing material, Dynamic testing, Cycling
Received: 20 Nov 2024; Accepted: 21 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhu, Gibbons, Kane and Tucker. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Michael C. Tucker, Berkeley Lab (DOE), Berkeley, California, United States
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