Foaming of filled polyurethanes for fabrication of porous anode supports for intermediate temperature-solid oxide fuel cells

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1795-1800

  Rainer, Alberto ^a   Basoli, Francesco ^a   Licoccia, Silvia ^a   Traversa, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CERAMIC FOAMS; NICKEL; POLYURETHANES; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ZIRCONIA;

FOAMING TECHNIQUES; SUBMICRON POROSITY; TRIPLE PHASE BOUNDARY; YTTRIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA (YSZ);

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33744813001     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01052.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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