Simulation of sintering kinetics and microstructure evolution of composite solid oxide fuel cells electrodes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3392-3402

  Zhang, Yanxiang ^a,b   Xia, Changrong ^a   Ni, Meng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Composite electrode; Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation; Solid oxide fuel cell; Three phase boundary (TPB)

Indexed keywords

CO-SINTERING PROCESS; COMPOSITE CATHODE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; COMPOSITE SOLIDS; ELECTRODE MICROSTRUCTURES; GRAIN BOUNDARY MIGRATIONS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; LANTHANUM STRONTIUM MANGANITE; LITERATURE DATA; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL DILATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SINTERING KINETICS; SINTERING MECHANISM; SINTERING PROCESS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SOLID OXIDE; THREE-DIMENSION; THREE-PHASE BOUNDARY; TORTUOSITY FACTOR; VACANCY CREATION;

CATHODES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; KINETICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THREE DIMENSIONAL; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA;

SINTERING;

EID: 84856570597     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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