Glycerol oxidation in solid oxide fuel cells based on a Ni-perovskite electrocatalyst

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1075-1084

  Lo Faro, Massimiliano ^a   Minutoli, Maurizio ^a   Monforte, Giuseppe ^a   Antonucci, Vincenzo ^a   Aricò, Antonino S ^a  

^a CNR ITAE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anode catalyst; Electroceramics; Glycerol; Ni perovskite; Propan 1, 2, 3 triol; Solid oxide fuel cells

Indexed keywords

AIR TREATMENT; ANODE CATALYSTS; ANODE ELECTROCATALYST; DRY CONDITION; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCERAMICS; GLYCEROL OXIDATION; NI-PEROVSKITE; NOBLE METALS; PEAK POWER; POWER DENSITIES; PROPAN-1, 2, 3 TRIOL; STEAM-TO-CARBON RATIO; TEM; THERMAL ACTIVATION; THERMAL REDUCTION; ULTRAFINE; VOLTAGE EFFICIENCIES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GLYCEROL; LANTHANUM; METHANE; PRECIOUS METALS; REDUCTION; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PEROVSKITE;

ALCOHOL; CARBON; CATALYST; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; HOMOGENEITY; HUMIDITY; NICKEL; OXIDATION; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79451474016     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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