Improved solid oxide fuel cell performance with nanostructured electrolytes

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 5692-5696

  Chao, Cheng Chieh ^a   Hsu, Ching Mei ^b   Cui, Yi ^b   Prinz, Fritz B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition; micro solid oxide fuel cells; nanosphere lithography; solid oxide fuel cells; yttria stabilized zirconia

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURE; HIGH POWER DENSITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICRO SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NANOSPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROLYTES; OHMIC LOSS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PORTABLE POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER DENSITIES; RELIABLE ELECTRIC POWER; SOLID OXIDE; THIN FILM ELECTROLYTES;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; NANOSPHERES; POWER QUALITY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TEMPERATURE; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 79961078464     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn201354p     Document Type: Conference Paper

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