Junji Hyodo and Yoshihiro Yamazaki (IMAGE)
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Junji Hyodo (left) and Yoshihiro Yamazaki of the Kyushu University Platform of Inter-/Transdisciplinary Energy Research (Q-PIT) are searching for new materials and methods that will help bring high-performance fuel cells for clean energy production to a wider number of households in the future. In their recent research, they found that strain caused by small changes in the crystal structure at the interface between a solid oxide electrolyte and the electrode is linked to drastic changes in conductivity that must be overcome to improve the performance of solid oxide fuel cells. X-rays from a system like the one shown here were used to measure the crystalline structure of the electrolyte and identify the strain at the interface.
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