All-protonic fuel cell designs and developments fuelled by ammonia

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 31; no. 34; pp. 46769 - 46789
• Main Authors: Abdalla, Abdalla M., Azad, Atia Tasfiah, Madian, Adriel B., Omeiza, Lukman Ahmed, Subramanian, Yathavan, Wei, Bo, Taweekun, Juantakan, Khairat Dawood, Mohamed M., Azad, Abul K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-07-2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agribusiness; Ammonia; Ammonia - chemistry; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Carbon dioxide; Chemistry; Climate change; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Electric Power Supplies; Emission standards; Emissions; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy storage; Engineering; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental impact; Environmental science; Fossil fuels; Fuel cells; Fuel technology; Gasoline prices; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Hydrogen; Natural gas prices; Review Article; Solid oxide fuel cells; Storage systems; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Protonic cells; Applications; Solid oxide; Dry chemistry; Wet chemistry; Performance; Green Energy
• ISSN: 1614-7499; 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34090-3

Ammonia is a gas that produces zero carbon emissions when used in energy storage systems. Hence, there is increasing interest for the application of ammonia as fuel in various energy storage devices, specifically solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), as it has the potential to be efficient and environmentally friendly. In addition, compared to other fuel cells, SOFCs fed with ammonia offer various benefits such as such as sustainability and safety. This review compares and contrasts the opportunities and challenges of ammonia fuel cell technologies and helps to analyze their working principles. The main goal of this review is to investigate the viability of an “all-protonic” fuel cell using ammonia fuel while also highlighting the key challenges and limitations of implementing such technology.