Thin inclusion approach for modelling of heterogeneous conducting materials

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-245

  Lavrov, Nikolay ^a   Smirnova, Alevtina ^b   Gorgun, Haluk ^b   Sammes, Nigel ^b  

^a MI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge distribution; Fuel cell; Gas diffusion medium; Heterogeneous structure; Thin conducting inclusion

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; GAS DIFFUSION MEDIUM; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; THIN CONDUCTING INCLUSION;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 33645700690     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2005.05.058     Document Type: Article

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