Strategies for lowering solid oxide fuel cells operating temperature

Energies

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1130-1150

  Tarancón, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrolyte; IT SOFC; Layered cathode; SOFC

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TEMPERATURE;

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURE; IT-SOFCS; LAYERED CATHODE; MIXED IONIC ELECTRONIC CONDUCTOR (MIEC); OXIDE IONIC CONDUCTORS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFCS);

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 73549102435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en20401130     Document Type: Review

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