Stabilizing nanostructured solid oxide fuel cell cathode with atomic layer deposition

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4340-4345

  Gong, Yunhui ^a   Palacio, Diego ^b   Song, Xueyan ^b   Patel, Rajankumar L ^c   Liang, Xinhua ^c   Zhao, Xuan ^a   Goodenough, John B ^d   Huang, Kevin ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition; cathode; degradation; Solid oxide fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AREA-SPECIFIC RESISTANCES; DEGRADATION RATE; HIGH OXYGENS; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; NANO-STRUCTURED; SOLID OXIDE; THERMAL GROWTH;

CATHODES; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SURFACE SEGREGATION; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

ION; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; OXYGEN; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE;

ELECTRODES; IONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; OXYGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84884265682     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl402138w     Document Type: Article

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