Electrochemical study of composite materials for coal-based direct carbon fuel cell

The proximate and ultimate coal analysis showed that fuel (carbon) with higher carbon content and lower ash content was promising fuel for DCFC. The measured ionic conductivity of LNK-SDC is 0.0998 Scm−1 and electronic conductivity of LNCZFO is 10.1 Scm−1 at 700 °C, respectively. A maximum power density of 58 mWcm−2 is obtained using sub-bituminous fuel.