Solid oxide fuel cells nanostructured materials

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Lamas, D.G., Bianchetti, M.F., Cabezas, M.D., and Walsoe de Reca, N.E. (2009) Nanostructured ceramic materials applications in gas sensors and solid-oxide fuel cells. J. Alloy Compds., doi 10.1016/j. jallocom. 2009.10.014. 

Related systems It should be noted that specific properties for applications could be enhanced by using solid solutions, doped materials, and composites, instead of pure ceria. For example, ceria-zirconia solid solution is a well known ceria based material for enhanced OSC and high ionic conductivity for solid state fuel cell components. It is also used in the three way catalysts for automobile waste gas cleaning, because of the improved thermal stability, surface area, and reducibility. The synthesis, structure, and properties of ceria-zirconia have been actively studied for a long time. Di Monte and Kaspar et al. presented feature articles on the nanostructured ceria—zirconia-mixed oxides. The studies on phase, structures, as well as the microstructures are discussed and reviewed (Di Monte et al., 2004). 

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