Direct observation of nanoscale Pt electrode agglomeration at the triple phase boundary

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6036-6040

  Yu, Chen Chiang ^a,b   Kim, Sanwi ^c   Baek, Jong Dae ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Su, Pei Chen ^a   Kim, Taek Soo ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fuel cell; layer delamination; nanoporous Pt electrode agglomeration; triple phase boundary (TPB); yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ)

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CANTILEVER BEAMS; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; YTTRIUM METALLOGRAPHY; YTTRIUM OXIDE; ZIRCONIA;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; ELECTROLYTE CONTACTS; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PT ELECTRODE; THERMAL AGGLOMERATION; TRIPLE PHASE BOUNDARY; YTTRIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIAS (YSZ);

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84925835293     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00134     Document Type: Article

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