Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE130100011
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$470,000.00
Summary
A world class, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy facility for West Australian researchers. More than 100 West Australian researchers from a broad range of disciplines will benefit from new scanning electron microscopy facilities used to characterise surfaces of materials down to the nanoscale. This new microscope will continue the production of high-impact science outcomes that underpin Australia’s economic and social well being.
Composites for thermal expansion matched oxygen electrodes. This project aims to develop high performance composite oxygen electrodes by using both negative thermal expansion materials and electrolyte materials to tailor the thermal expansion and activities of the perovskite-based electrodes for use in reduced temperature solid oxide cells. Such composite electrodes will show highly matched thermal expansion with electrolyte without sacrificing high activity at reduced temperatures. This project ....Composites for thermal expansion matched oxygen electrodes. This project aims to develop high performance composite oxygen electrodes by using both negative thermal expansion materials and electrolyte materials to tailor the thermal expansion and activities of the perovskite-based electrodes for use in reduced temperature solid oxide cells. Such composite electrodes will show highly matched thermal expansion with electrolyte without sacrificing high activity at reduced temperatures. This project seeks to address an important practical issue in the operation of solid oxide power cells - thermal expansion compatibility, which causes poor efficiency outside a narrow temperature band.Read moreRead less