Multi-scale 3D imaging of absorbing porous materials for solid oxide fuel cells

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5626-5634

  Villanova, Julie ^a   Cloetens, Peter ^a   Suhonen, Heikki ^a   Laurencin, Jérôme ^b   Usseglio Viretta, François ^b   Lay, Elisa ^b   Delette, Gérard ^b   Bleuet, Pierre ^b   Jauffrès, David ^c   Roussel, Denis ^c   Lichtner, Aaron Z ^d   Martin, Christophe Louis ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

3D CHARACTERIZATION; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; HIGH ENERGY X-RAYS; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE OPTIMIZATIONS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; TORTUOSITY FACTOR;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 84903531481     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8275-3     Document Type: Article

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