Tortuosity in electrochemical devices: a review of calculation approaches

B Tjaden, DJL Brett… - International Materials …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The tortuosity of a structure plays a vital role in the transport of mass and charge in
electrochemical devices. Concentration polarisation losses at high current densities are …

Developments in X-ray tomography characterization for electrochemical devices

TMM Heenan, C Tan, J Hack, DJL Brett, PR Shearing - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the last century, X-ray imaging instruments and their accompanying tomographic
reconstruction algorithms have developed considerably. With improved tomogram quality …

Comparison of microstructural evolution of fuel electrodes in solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysis cells

M Trini, A Hauch, S De Angelis, X Tong… - Journal of Power …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solid oxide cells are electrochemical devices used for the conversion of chemical energy to
electrical energy (Solid Oxide Fuel Cells-SOFC) and vice versa (Solid Oxide Electrolysis …

Optimal polyhedral description of 3D polycrystals: Method and application to statistical and synchrotron X-ray diffraction data

R Quey, L Renversade - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A methodology is presented for optimal polyhedral description of 3D polycrystals from
experimental properties. This is achieved by determining, by optimization, appropriate …

Resolving the discrepancy in tortuosity factor estimation for Li-ion battery electrodes through micro-macro modeling and experiment

FLE Usseglio-Viretta, A Colclasure… - Journal of The …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Battery performance is strongly correlated with electrode microstructural properties. Of the
relevant properties, the tortuosity factor of the electrolyte transport paths through …

Impact of Nickel agglomeration on Solid Oxide Cell operated in fuel cell and electrolysis modes

M Hubert, J Laurencin, P Cloetens, B Morel… - Journal of Power …, 2018 - Elsevier
Long-term experiments have been carried out to investigate the impact of Nickel (Ni)
coarsening on the performance of Solid Oxide Cell. Durability tests have been performed …

Degradation of Ni-YSZ electrodes in solid oxide cells: impact of polarization and initial microstructure on the Ni evolution

F Monaco, M Hubert, J Vulliet… - Journal of the …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Two types of solid oxide cells with different Ni-YSZ cermet microstructures have been aged
in electrolysis and fuel cell modes for operating times ranging from 1000 to 15000 hours …

[HTML][HTML] Stochastic geometrical modeling of solid oxide cells electrodes validated on 3D reconstructions

H Moussaoui, J Laurencin, Y Gavet, G Delette… - Computational Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
An original 3D stochastic model, based on the truncated plurigaussian random fields, has
been adapted to simulate the complex microstructure of SOC electrodes. The …

Quantitative relationships between pore tortuosity, pore topology, and solid particle morphology using a novel discrete particle size algorithm

FLE Usseglio-Viretta, DP Finegan… - Journal of The …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
To sustain the continuous high-rate charge current required for fast charging of electric
vehicle batteries, the ionic effective diffusion coefficient of the electrodes must be high …

Numerical study of electrode permeability influence on planar SOFC performance

A Naouar, D Ferrero, M Santarelli, H Dhahri… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a clean and very efficient electrochemical conversion
device, which generates electricity directly from fuel electrochemical oxidation. In this paper …