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Significant potential of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell systems for distributed power generation and carbon neutrality

  • Ziyuan TENG ,
  • Minfang HAN
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  • Fuel Cell and Energy Storage Center, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Control and Simulation of Power Systems and Generation Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received date: 12 Sep 2022

Accepted date: 19 Oct 2022

Published date: 15 Dec 2022

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2022 Higher Education Press 2022

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Ziyuan TENG , Minfang HAN . Significant potential of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell systems for distributed power generation and carbon neutrality[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2022 , 16(6) : 879 -882 . DOI: 10.1007/s11708-022-0850-8

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