Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for making and screening a combinatorial library comprising disposing in a substrate comprising graphite or boron carbide at least one reactant, wherein the reactants are lithium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, calcium, aluminum or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing reactants; heat treating the substrate to create a diffusion multiple; contacting the diffusion multiple with hydrogen having at least two phases; detecting any absorption of hydrogen; and/or detecting any desorption of hydrogen.

Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, an article is formed by selectively sintering a layer of film material on a substrate by exposure to microwave energy.

Abstract: The present invention provides high-throughput systems and methods for the fabrication and evaluation of electrode and electrolyte materials for solid oxide fuel cells. The present invention includes systems and methods for synthesizing and optimizing the performance of electrodes and electrode-electrolyte combinations and utilizes small-scale techniques to perform such optimization based on chemical composition and variable processing. Advantageously, rapid device performance systems and methods coupled with structural and surface systems and methods allow for an increased discovery rate of new materials for solid oxide fuel cells.

Abstract: A system and associated methods for the fabrication and evaluation of an array of electrode or electrolyte materials for use in a solid oxide fuel cell, the system including a material handling device operable for individually containing a plurality of materials, a mixing device operable for mixing the plurality of materials to form a plurality of combinations of the plurality of materials, and a material delivery device operable for delivering a predetermined one of the plurality of combinations of the plurality of materials to each of a plurality of regions of a substrate, wherein the plurality of regions of the substrate form an array. The system also including a temperature control device operable for heating the array, thereby sintering the array.