Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (DICP)

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is one of the leading research institutions in China with about 1300 employees. DICP is a multidiscipli-nary institute engaging in both fundamental and applied researches of chemistry and chemical engineering, especially with strong abilities for technological development. The institute takes sustainable energy sources as the dominant research area, while maintaining a coordinative de-velopment in the optimisation of environmental resources and the innovation of biotechnologies. Most of the key national research programmes on fuel cells and hydrogen in China are fully or partially undertaken by DICP. Fuel cells, including PEMFC, DMFC and SOFC, are under inten-sively investigation in the institute. The SOFC group now has 18 members, and is engaging on materials, key components and stack. In the past decade, DICP has been involved in several na-tional programmes on SOFC supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one international cooperation programme on SOFC with Ja-pan and England supported by NEDO of Japan and one cooperation project on SOFC with Pet-roChina. Presently, DICP is involved two research programs, one national key research programs on SOFC materials supported by the Ministry of Sciences and Technology and another one on tubular SOFC supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.