Preparation and characterization of nanocomposite calcium doped ceria electrolyte with alkali carbonates (NK-CDC) for SOFC

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Abbas, Ghazanfar ^a,b,c   Raza, Rizwan ^c,d   Chaudhry, M Ashraf ^a   Zhu, Bin ^c  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Process and Energy Systems Engineering Center PRESTIGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

alternative power source; electrolyte; low temperature (400 600 C) fuel cell; nanostructure

Indexed keywords

ALKALI CARBONATE; ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; CALCIUM DOPED CERIA; CHEMICAL ENERGY; COPRECIPITATION METHOD; DRY PRESSING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOLAR RATIO; POWER SOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SEM; SEM AND TEM; TEM; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; FOSSIL FUELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79953727042     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003635     Document Type: Article

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