HeteroFoaMs: Electrode modeling in nanostructured heterogeneous materials for energy systems

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chiu, W K S ^a   Virkar, A V ^b   Zhao, F ^b   Reifsnider, K L ^c   Nelson, G J ^a   Rabbi, F ^c   Liu, Q ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transfer; discontinuous interface condition; electrochemistry, physalis method; HeteroFoaM; heterogeneous functional materials; heterogeneous mixtures of dielectrics and conductors; microstructure

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY; DISCONTINUOUS INTERFACE CONDITION; DOPED CERIA; ELECTRODE PROCESS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD EQUATION; HEAT STORAGE MATERIALS; HETEROFOAM; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MODELING APPROACH; MULTI-PHYSICS; NANO-STRUCTURED; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; POROUS DIELECTRICS; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL STORAGE; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HEAT STORAGE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 82155201156     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005142     Document Type: Article

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