Three-dimensional reconstruction of a solid-oxide fuel-cell anode

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 541-544

  Wilson, James R ^a   Kobsiriphat, Worawarit ^a   Mendoza, Roberto ^a,b   Chen, Hsun Yi ^b   Hiller, Jon M ^c   Miller, Dean J ^c   Thornton, Katsuyo ^b   Voorhees, Peter W ^a   Adler, Stuart B ^d   Barnett, Scott A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Washington ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRODES; ION BEAMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FOCUSED ION BEAM; MICROSTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; VOLUMETRIC INFORMATION;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33745597664     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1668     Document Type: Article

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