The durability of the Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell (PAFC) is greatly affected by the corrosion rate of carbon which is an essential material of PAFC. This study examines the influence of carbon material impurities on corrosion rates in hot phosphoric acid. Impurity doping was found to enhance oxidation of carbon materials in phosphoric acid. The influence of vanadium (V) and calcium (Ca), which were highly dispersed on the carbon surface, was significant. Impurity doping content was found to increase corrosion current.

A fuel-electrode-supported planar cell with an effective electrode area of 150 cm² was developed. A three-cell stack was built with ceramic gas separators with an electric resistance lower than 5 mΩ. An electric power generation test was carried out at 1000°C with hydrogen gas and air which were fed to the cells in series. The stack attained a maximum output power of 106 W at a fuel utilization of 70%.

A new theoretical approach of the intercalation/deintercalation process of lithium cations into host materials is proposed in that paper taking into account the dependence of the lithium diffusion coefficient on concentration is considered for the integration of the mass balance equation. Numerical simulation of chronopotentiograms is used to solve the diffusion equation. The component and chemical diffusion coefficients corresponding to the Li⁺ intercalation into Nb₂O₅ in 1 M LiClO₄-PC were determined. It was found that and D_Li decrease from 1.4 × 10⁻¹⁰ cm² s⁻¹ to 5.7 × 10⁻¹¹ cm² s⁻¹ and from 1.2 × 10⁻¹¹ cm² s⁻¹ to 6.4 × 10⁻¹³ cm² s⁻¹, respectively, with increasing values of the intercalation ratio, y, comprised between 0.4 and 1.6. Impedance measurements performed in an equilibrium situation give and D_Li values which were rather constant but higher.

A potentiometric acetylcholine microsensor was fabricated by use of a composite film consisting of polyion complex (PIC), which consisted with acetylcholine esterase (AChE), and the electrochemically inactive poly-1-aminopyrrole (iPAPy). The iPAPy-PIC (AChE) composite film on Pt electrode displayed potential response to acetylcholine concentration owing to pH change during the enzymatic reaction, where the product contains weak acid CH₃COOH. The sensitivity of the iPAPy-PIC (AChE) electrode clearly demonstrated higher sensitivity with low detection limit (1 × 10⁻⁶ mol dm⁻³) than that of the iPPy-PIC (AChE) electrode of detection limit (1 × 10⁻⁵ mol dm⁻³). The mechanism of increasing the sensitivity of iPAPy-PIC (AChE) electrode was discussed the interaction of –NH₂ of iPAPy with CH₃COOH, which would accelerate the dissociation of weak acid CH₃COOH.

To improve the performance of the positive electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, the particle-size and the mixing ratio effect of different size LiCoO₂ powders on discharge capacity were investigated. The optimum mixing ratio between large (average diameter: 30 µm) and small (average diameter: 0.5 µm) powder particle size has been found. The largest capacity and the smallest electrode resistance are obtained when the large particle size fraction is about 70 wt%. The smaller the particle size ratio, the larger the discharge capacity and the smaller the electrode resistance, where the particle size ratio is the ratio of the average diameter of the smaller component to that of the larger one. These results indicate that discharge capacity is closely related to LiCoO₂ powder packing.

The effects of the silicon-rich silicon nitride film on the morphology of LOCOS were investigated. Silicon nitride films were prepared by CVD with volume ratios of NH₃ to SiH₄ of 1.5, 9, 90, and 450. The silicon-rich silicon nitride film is also effective as a mask against field oxidation. The silicon-rich silicon nitride film is tolerant to tensile stress during field oxidation, and it reduces the length of the bird’s beak. These effects of the silicon-rich silicon nitride film on the morphology of LOCOS are due to its higher viscosity than the stoichiometric silicon nitride film.

Sintered ceramics Ca_0.9La_0.1MnO_3−δ were studied on their properties as cathode active materials in some saline solutions. The ceramics were found to discharge without any conductive agents such as graphite in the neutral solutions, although the discharge capacity was lower than that in alkaline solution. The discharge capacity was the largest in 15% LiCl solution (188 mAh g⁻¹).