Structural and compositional analysis of solid oxide fuel cell electrolytes using transmission electron microscopy

International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1273-1279

  An, Jihwan ^a   Kim, Young Beom ^a   Jung, Hee Joon ^a   Park, Joong Sun ^a   Cha, Suk Won ^b   Gür, Turgut M ^a   Prinz, Fritz B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EDS; EELS; Electrolyte; HREM; SOFC; TEM

Indexed keywords

CERIUM OXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS; ZIRCONIA;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED; ATOMIC-SCALE RESOLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFCS);

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84863682370     PISSN: 12298557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12541-012-0170-8     Document Type: Review

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