The effect of pressure gradient on anode micro modeling of solid oxide fuel cell

Ionics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2005-2017

  Hu, Aosheng ^a   Zhou, Jianqiu ^a   Chen, Bingbing ^a   Wu, Youyi ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Micro modeling; Pressure gradient; Solid oxide fuel cell; Two finite layers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ACTIVATION OVERPOTENTIAL; CONDUCTING PARTICLES; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; MICRO MODELS; PRESSURE INCREASE; TWO FINITE LAYERS;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 84931955511     PISSN: 09477047     EISSN: 18620760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-015-1373-7     Document Type: Article

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