SOFC Components

NexTech has one of the most complete suites of ceramic fabrication capabilities in the SOFC marketplace. NexTech produces planar, tubular and complex hybrid components for fuel cells, as well as oxygen separation and other membrane-based electrochemical reactors.

NexTech offers two commercial cell components to the SOFC market, tubular anode supported electrolyte fuel cells and the NextCellTM electrolyte supported planar component. In addition to these components, NexTech offers development services to tailor these platforms for customer-specific performance or applications.

Custom Component Solutions for SOFC Developers:

NexTech can also assist the manufacturing and scale-up of cell designs from laboratory or prototype designs to production runs of hundreds of cells. Fabrication techniques available for prototype fabrication include tape casting, extrusion, isostatic lamination, screen printing, wet powder spray deposition and co-sintering. Through our Commercial Services department, NexTech’s team of scientists and engineers will accelerate your supply chain development and product commercialization.

  • Our team of scientists will be your resource to guide materials selection and process development to achieve targeted levels of performance.
  • Our component production team will use state of the art production facilities to develop manufacturing processes and confirm component performance under anticipated operating conditions.
  • Our engineering staff will provide you a roadmap of component production from your current scale to commercial production.
  • Our quality assurance team will provide you consistent, performance-validated components synchronized with your production schedule.

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