A microscale modeling tool for the design and optimization of solid oxide fuel cells

Energies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 427-444

  Liu, Shixue ^a,b,c,d   Kong, Wei ^b   Lin, Zijing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Functional layer; Modeling tool; Optimization; Solid oxide fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUEL CELLS; MAGNETRONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ANODE FUNCTIONAL LAYER; CATHODE FUNCTIONAL LAYERS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; FUNCTIONAL LAYER; MODELING TOOL; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 67649635831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en20200427     Document Type: Article

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