Microstructure and connectivity quantification of complex composite solid oxide fuel cell electrode three-dimensional networks

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 620-627

  Gostovic, Danijel ^a,b   Vito, Nicholas J ^a   O'Hara, Kathryn A ^a   Jones, Kevin S ^a   Wachsman, Eric D ^a,c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D NETWORKS; ACTIVE REGIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPLEX COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE CATHODE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; DUAL BEAM; FIB/SEM; LENGTH SCALE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; OXIDE PHASIS; PORE PHASE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) RECONSTRUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; TOPOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATHODES;

EID: 79751518694     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04111.x     Document Type: Article

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