The Department of Energy's (DOE, Washington, DC) Northwest National Laboratory and NASA's Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH) have signed a Space Act Agreement to team in the development of sealing technologies for the stacks of solid-oxide fuel cells.
"Our objective is to develop composite materials and designs that will improve the strength and fracture toughness of composite glass and glass-ceramic-based seals," said Ajay Misra, chief of NASA Glenn's Ceramics Branch. "The seals must stand up to the extremes of pressure, temperature and other environmental conditions that occur during extended operation."
