Fabrication-microstructure-performance relationships of reversible solid oxide fuel cell electrodes-review

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1485-1497

  Gamble, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LSM YSZ; Microstructure; Reviews; Solid oxide fuel cells; Tape casting

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT IMPEDANCE; CELL ELECTRODES; CELL GEOMETRIES; COMMERCIALISATION; COMPUTER MODELLING; DIP COATING; DUAL BEAM; ELECTRODE FABRICATION; ELECTROLYSIS CELL; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FOCUSED ION BEAM-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; LSM-YSZ; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; SOLID OXIDE; TAPE CASTING; TECHNIQUES USED; THREE ELECTRODE CELLS; WAVE GENERATION; WHOLE CELL; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ELECTRON BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FABRICATION; FUEL SYSTEMS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWER QUALITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STRONTIUM; TIDAL POWER; TOMOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL STORAGE; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIA;

FUEL STORAGE;

EID: 80054913810     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: 17432847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/026708311X13081465539845     Document Type: Review

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