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Advantages | -Mature technology -Cheap and effective -Commercialized -Long term durability -Big stacks (to 25 MW) | -High current density -Good work on partial load -Good dynamic power operation -Goog gas purity -Easy maintnance and use | -Highest efficiency -Non-noble metal catalyst -Highest current density -High operation pressure -Possibility of combined operation |
Disadvantages | -Liquid, corrosive electrolyte -Freq. electrolyte replacement -Low purity of gases -Low current density -Noble metal catalysts -Low dynamic operation -Low operational pressure | -High costs -Noble metal catalysts -Low life expectancy -Small stacks (to 1 MW) -New , partially established technology | -Bad durability and fast degradation -High costs -Technology in laboratory phase |