METHODS article
Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers and Membrane Reactors
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2025.1651910
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvanced Water Splitting Technologies Development: Best Practices and Protocols Volume IIView all 10 articles
Standard Operating Procedure for Starting and Disassembling Single Solid Oxide Cells for Testing in Electrolysis Mode
Provisionally accepted
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE), Richland, United States
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Presented is a simple, step-by-step methodology describing how to start, precondition, terminate testing, and disassemble single, small-sized planar electrode-supported solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs). Careful control of the gas environment in the initial and final stages of solid oxide cell testing is essential for establishing baseline performance, ensuring controlled, reproducible electrochemical performance, and preserving cell chemical and structural integrity for post-mortem analyses.
Keywords: Solid oxide cell, High temperature electrolyzer, Benchmarking, preconditioning, sealing, Disassembly
Received: 24 Jun 2025; Accepted: 22 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Belko, Springer, Le, Coyle and Marina. 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:
Seraphim Belko, seraphim.belko@pnnl.gov
Olga A Marina, olga.marina@pnnl.gov
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