Abstract: Systems and methods for high-throughput fabrication and evaluation of electrode and electrolyte material performance for solid oxide fuel cells. A system comprising a substrate, an auto-sampler operable for simultaneously controlling the flow rates of 2 or more solid oxide fuel cell components, a delivery apparatus, a mass flow controller, an x-y motion stage, and a microprocessor operable for controlling the system. A method comprising providing a library of samples, continuously and controllably supplying desired amounts of the samples to a liquid chromatography system where a multi-compositional mixture is formed, serially loading the multi-compositional mixture into a common sprayer, serially and distributively spraying the multi-compositional mixture onto a surface of a substrate, forming a discrete or continuous gradient array of the mixture reacted on the substrate, and evaluating the performance of the mixture for use in solid oxide fuel cells.

Abstract: Systems and methods for high-throughput fabrication and evaluation of electrode and electrolyte material performance for solid oxide fuel cells. A system comprising a substrate, an auto-sampler operable for simultaneously controlling the flow rates of 2 or more solid oxide fuel cell components, a delivery apparatus, a mass flow controller, an x-y motion stage, and a microprocessor operable for controlling the system. A method comprising providing a library of samples, continuously and controllably supplying desired amounts of the samples to a liquid chromatography system where a multi-compositional mixture is formed, serially loading the multi-compositional mixture into a common sprayer, serially and distributively spraying the multi-compositional mixture onto a surface of a substrate, forming a discrete or continuous gradient array of the mixture reacted on the substrate, and evaluating the performance of the mixture for use in solid oxide fuel cells.

Abstract: High-throughput systems and methods for the fabrication and evaluation of electrolyte and electrode material performance for solid oxide fuel cells. Small scale techniques to optimize fuel cell materials based on chemical composition and variable processing. Methods for the fabrication and evaluation of electrode and electrolyte materials for use in solid oxide fuel cells comprising providing a non-sintered or partially-sintered substrate and delivering the electrode and electrolyte materials to a plurality of regions of the substrate using a plurality of liquid spraying devices, wherein the plurality of liquid spraying devices are arranged at appropriate angles to the substrate and to each other such that the spray plumes of the spraying devices overlap to form a gradient array. Systems comprising a plurality of liquid spraying devices and a mask operable for controlling which of the plurality of regions of the substrate receive the components.