Rheological studies of nickel/scandia-stabilized-zirconia screen printing inks for solid oxide fuel cell anode fabrication

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1220-1228

  Somalu, Mahendra R ^a   Brandon, Nigel P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDER CONTENT; FILM DEFECTS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SINTERING; PARTICLE NETWORK; POROUS COMPOSITES; RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL ANODES; STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

ANODES; BINDERS; DEFECTS; RHEOLOGY; SCREEN PRINTING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THICK FILMS; ZIRCONIA;

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EID: 84859626723     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.05014.x     Document Type: Article

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