Surface modified Ni foam as current collector for syngas solid oxide fuel cells with perovskite anode catalyst

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 11180-11187

  Fu, Xian Zhu ^a   Melnik, Juri ^a   Low, Qing Xun ^a   Luo, Jing Li ^a   Chuang, Karl T ^a   Sanger, Alan R ^a   Yang, Quan Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b VALE S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anode catalyst; Coking tolerance; Copper coated nickel foam; CuNi alloy; Current collector; Syngas solid oxide fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ANODE CATALYSTS; ANODE CURRENTS; CARBON DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY; CU SURFACES; CU-NI ALLOYS; CURRENT COLLECTOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; NI FOAM; NICKEL FOAM; PEROVSKITE OXIDES; PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; POWER DENSITIES; PT CATHODE; REDUCING ATMOSPHERE; SOL-GEL COMBUSTION METHOD; SURFACE-MODIFIED; SYN-GAS; YSZ ELECTROLYTES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSTS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GELS; GOLD DEPOSITS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL COATINGS; NICKEL; PEROVSKITE; PLATINUM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SYNTHESIS GAS;

FOAMS;

EID: 77957360764     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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