A redox-stable efficient anode for solid-oxide fuel cells

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 320-323

  Tao, Shanwen ^a   Irvine, John T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CERMETS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; IONIC CONDUCTION IN SOLIDS; METHANE; OXIDATION; PEROVSKITE; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTRO-OXIDATION PROCESS; ELECTRODE POLARIZATION RESISTANCE; ELECTROREDUCTION; LANTHANUM CHROMITE; YTTRIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA ELECTROLYTE;

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EID: 0141509995     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat871     Document Type: Letter

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