Preparation of a porous cermet SOFC anode substrate by gelcasting of NiO-YSZ powders

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 622-625

  Prabhakaran, Kuttan ^a   Melkeri, Anand ^a   Beigh, Mohd Oveas ^a   Gokhale, Nitin Madhusudan ^a   Sharma, Suresh Chandra ^a  

^a NAVAL MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MONOMERS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POROUS MATERIALS; SINTERING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS;

BINDER REMOVAL; GELCASTING; POROUS CERMET SOFC ANODE SUBSTRATES; UREA FORMALDEHYDE POLYMERS;

CERMETS;

EID: 33846543146     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01385.x     Document Type: Article

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