Université de Fribourg

The influence of constrictivity on the effective transport properties of porous layers in electrolysis and fuel cells

Holzer, L. ; Wiedenmann, Daniel ; Münch, B. ; Keller, L. ; Prestat, M. ; Gasser, Ph. ; Robertson, I. ; Grobéty, Bernard

In: Journal of Materials Science, 2013, vol. 48, no. 7, p. 2934-2952

The aim of the present investigation is to define microstructure parameters, which control the effective transport properties in porous materials for energy technology. Recent improvements in 3D-imaging (FIB-nanotomography, synchrotron X-ray tomography) and image analysis (skeletonization and graph analysis, transport simulations) open new possibilities for the study of microstructure effects. In...