Recent progress of tubular solid oxide fuel cell: From materials to applications

Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (TSOFCs) owns plenty of merits not only these of common SOFCs but also some merits including rapid start-up, less sealing requirements which stimulate more and more attempts at the commercialization. This review presents the current status of TSOFCs technology including materials, manufacturing, cell design and system integration. Particularly the route of cell design and diversified applications in the last decades are mainly discussed with the purpose of providing a broad overview of this technology for the new to this field. Moreover, a mini summery displays several power generation devices based on TSOFCs manufactured and demonstrated by research institutes and companies around the world.