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Nanotubular Array Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Munekazu Motoyama,†,§,* Cheng-Chieh Chao,† Jihwan An,† Hee Joon Jung,‡ Turgut M. Gu¨r,‡ and Friedrich B. Prinz†,‡ †
Department of Mechanical Engineering and ‡Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States. Present address: Nagoya Universisty, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan.
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ABSTRACT This report presents a demonstration and characterization of a
nanotubular array of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) made of one-end-closed hollow tube Ni/yttria-stabilized zirconia/Pt membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs). The tubular MEAs are nominally ∼5 μm long and have
Nanotubular Array Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Munekazu Motoyama,†,§,* Cheng-Chieh Chao,† Jihwan An,† Hee Joon Jung,‡ Turgut M. Gu¨r,‡ and Friedrich B. Prinz†,‡ †
Department of Mechanical Engineering and ‡Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States. Present address: Nagoya Universisty, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan.
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ABSTRACT This report presents a demonstration and characterization of a
nanotubular array of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) made of one-end-closed hollow tube Ni/yttria-stabilized zirconia/Pt membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs). The tubular MEAs are nominally ∼5 μm long and have
