Effect of the anode microstructure on the enhanced performance of solid oxide fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 11370-11377

  Sarikaya, Ayhan ^a   Petrovsky, Vladimir ^a   Dogan, Fatih ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Anode; Microstructure; Pore former; Porosity; Power density; Solid oxide fuel cells

Indexed keywords

ANODE SUPPORTED SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS; COMPOSITIONAL MODIFICATION; DILUTED HYDROGEN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL LAYER; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH POWER DENSITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PORE FORMERS; POWER DENSITIES; VITAL EFFECTS; VOLTAMMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

ANODES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEN; MERCURY (METAL); POLARIZATION; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 84863625439     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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