Tailoring gadolinium-doped ceria-based solid oxide fuel cells to achieve 2Wcm-2 at 550 °c

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lee, Jin Goo ^a   Park, Jeong Ho ^a   Shul, Yong Gun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM OXIDE; ELECTROLYTE; GADOLINIUM; HYDROGEN; NANOCOMPOSITE;

ELECTRIC FIELD; FUEL CELL; GADOLINIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPONENT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL;

EID: 84901981486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5045     Document Type: Article

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