Morphology and catalytic performance of flake-shaped NiO-yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) particles with nanocrystalline YSZ grains

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6387-6394

  Wu, Yuzhou ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a   Wang, Kun ^b   Zeng, Yao ^b   Dong, Dehua ^c   Shao, Zongping ^a   Wang, Huanting ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE MATERIAL; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; METHANE STEAM; NANOCRYSTALLINES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; POLARIZATION RESISTANCES; REDUCTION TEMPERATURES; REFORMING OF METHANE; SYMMETRICAL CELLS;

ANODES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DEHYDRATION; METHANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEAM REFORMING; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIA;

YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

EID: 84861074916     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300123x     Document Type: Article

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