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We are happy to announce the article "New life cycle inventories for end-of-life solid oxide cells based on novel recycling processes for critical solid oxide cell materials is published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

❗ Key findings:

• Recycling processes for solid oxide cells developed at laboratory scale

• Recovery process for lanthanum oxide and cobalt oxide from oxygen electrode

• Recovery process for yttria-stabilised zirconia and nickel oxide from hydrogen electrode

• Novel life cycle inventories for recovered materials

• Electricity consumption for recycling processes is the main contributor to environmental impacts

• Use of renewable electricity significantly reduces environmental impacts of recycling processes

Author:  Mitja Mori (mitja.mori@fs.uni-lj.si)

Co-authors: Jure Gramc, Domen Hojkar, Andrej Lotrič, Federico Smeacetto, Sonia Fiorilli, Silvia Fiore, Rok Stropnik

Journal: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IF 8.1)

Explore novel critical material recovery processes from SOC: Link to the article

Acknowledgments:

This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (now Clean Hydrogen Partnership) under Grant Agreement No. 101007216, BEST4Hy project. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program, Hydrogen Europe and Hydrogen Europe Research. The authors also acknowledge the financial support from the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) (research core funding No. P2-0401).