Morphological and electrochemical modeling of SOFC composite cathodes with distributed porosity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-174

  Bertei, Antonio ^a   Barbucci, Antonio ^b   Carpanese, M Paola ^c   Viviani, Massimo ^c   Nicolella, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite cathode; Mathematical modeling; Non uniform effective properties; Oxygen reduction; Solid oxide fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS BEHAVIORS; CATHODE MICROSTRUCTURE; CHARGE BALANCES; COMPOSITE CATHODE; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; ELECTROCHEMICAL MODELING; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRODE THICKNESS; EXCHANGE CURRENTS; KINETIC CONSTANT; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PERCOLATION THEORY; POLARIZATION RESISTANCES; POROUS COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOLID OXIDE; SQUARE ROOTS; STEADY-STATE MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STRONTIUM DOPED LANTHANUM MANGANITES;

ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POSITIVE IONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA;

CATHODES;

EID: 84866850709     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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