Compositional and microstructural effects in composite electrolytes for fuel cells

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1090-1099

  Ferreira, Ana Sofia Valente ^a   Saradha, Thangavelo ^a   Figueiredo, Filipe Lebre ^a   Marques, Fernando Manuel Bico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alkaline carbonates; Ceria; Composite electrolytes; Fuel cells; Ionic conductivity; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

1-D CRYSTALS; AIR EXPERIMENTS; ALKALINE METAL; CERAMIC OXIDES; COMPOSITE CONSTITUENTS; COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE IMPEDANCE; GRAIN SIZE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACIAL LAYER; IONIC CONDUCTOR; MICROSTRUCTURAL EFFECT; NANO-SIZED; NOMINAL COMPOSITION; PROCESSING ROUTE; SECONDARY PHASIS;

ALUMINA; CARBONATES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FUEL CELLS; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIA;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 80053310875     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1843     Document Type: Article

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