The excessively high temperature gradient inside solid oxide fuel cell(SOFC) can lead to failure of the cell

so it is critical to reduce the temperature gradient in the SOFC and enhance the uniformity of the cell temperature. By combining with the electrical

thermal

flow

and mass transfer physical fields

a multi-physics field coupling model of the SOFC is established. The accuracy of the model is verified by comparing with the experimental data. The SOFC temperature and temperature gradient distributions are investigated by the SOFC model and the maximum temperature gradient in the cell reaction zone is determined as the optimization objective. The obstacle structure in flow channel is designed

and the effectiveness is proved. The shape

height and width of the obstacle structure are discussed and analyzed. It is found that the obstacle affects the maximum temperature gradient in the reaction zone mainly by changing the fluid flow rate and the oxygen molar concentration in the reaction layer. The change of the obstacle for the pressure drop in the flow path mainly affects the power density loss. Finally

the circular obstacle(h=0.8 mm

d1=4.0 mm) is identified as the optimal structure.With the same net power density as the conventional channel

the maximum temperature gradient is 43.35 K/cm

which is 9.4% lower than that of the conventional channel.