Publications by Stéphane François Jean Poitel

Visualizing the importance of oxide-metal phase transitions in the production of synthesis gas over Ni catalysts

Synthesis gas, composed of H-2 and CO, is an important fuel which serves as feedstock for industrially relevant processes, such as methanol or ammonia synthesis. The efficiency of these reactions depends on the H-2 : CO ratio, which can be controlled by a ...

2020

Corrosion behaviour of nitrided ferritic stainless steels for use in solid oxide fuel cell devices

Jan Van Herle, Manuel Bianco, Stéphane François Jean Poitel

Plasma nitriding was applied to ferritic stainless steel substrates to improve their performances as interconnects for solid oxide fuel cell devices. The samples underwent electrical conductivity test and SEM/EDS, TEM/EDS, environmental-SEM analyses. The f ...

2020

Advanced analytical electron microscopy applied to Solid Oxide Cell materials and their degradation

Stéphane François Jean Poitel

Electron microscopy offers a wide range of techniques to study materials. Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM), in particular, allows the characterisation of samples at high-temperature using a laser heating stage, and under various gaseous at ...

EPFL2020

In-Situ Observation of Co-Ce Coated Metallic Interconnect Oxidation Combined with High-Resolution Post Exposure Analysis

Jan Van Herle, Stéphane François Jean Poitel, Cécile Hébert

Oxidation of Sanergy SSHT steel with Ce-Co coating, used as interconnect material, was observed in-situ in a modified environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) at nominal temperature between 800°C and 900°C under 33Pa of oxygen, for different durat ...

2017

Combining in-Situ SEM with High Sensitivity Analytical TEM for Understanding the Degradation of Metallic Interconnects in SOFC

Jan Van Herle, Cécile Hébert, Stéphane François Jean Poitel

2017