Electrochemistry of mixed oxygen ion and electron conducting electrodes in solid electrolyte cells

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 313-341

  Chueh, William C ^a   Haile, Sossina M ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrolyzers; Hydrogen oxidation reaction; MIEC; Oxygen reduction reaction; Perovskites; Solid oxide fuel cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; ACTIVE SITE; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROLYZERS; ELECTRON CONDUCTING; ELECTRONIC BEHAVIORS; FUEL CONVERSION; HYDROGEN-OXIDATION REACTION; MACROSCOPIC LEVELS; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; MIEC; MIXED-ION; OXYGEN ELECTROREDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PATTERNED ELECTRODE; RATE DETERMINING STEP; RATIONAL DESIGN; REACTION PATHWAYS; SOLID ELECTROLYTE CELL; SOLID OXIDE; SURFACE-SENSITIVE TECHNIQUE;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUELS; HYDROGEN; PEROVSKITE; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

OXYGEN;

ELECTROLYTE; ION; OXIDE; OXYGEN;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRONS; IONS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84862649477     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-073009-101000     Document Type: Review

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