Highlights from the 2013 National Science Foundation Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Promise, Progress, and Priorities (SOFC-PPP) Workshop

olid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) and Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs) (i.e., SOFCs operated in reverse) are solid-state devices that can be used to (a) convert between chemical and electrical energy and/or (b) drive chemical reactions. These capabilities make them attractive for energy conversion, energy storage, chemical sensing, chemical separation, and chemical synthesis applications. To articulate the unique benefits of these promising technologies and spur consensus on a successful SOFC/SOEC development path, leaders from academia, industry, the U.S. government, and the public policy community (identified in Table I) came together on July 11-12, 2013 for a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Promise, Progress, and Priorities (SOFC-PPP) workshop. Highlights from the workshop are summarized here. Readers are referred to www.sofcwg.org for the full workshop report and whitepapers highlighting the unique benefits of these technologies for various constituencies.