Modeling and evaluation of sintered microstructure and its properties for rSOFC fuel electrodes by coarse-grained molecular dynamics

Degradation is one of the major issues affecting rSOFC (reversible solid oxide fuel cell) performance in both fuel cell and electrolysis mode operation. Defect and even damage appeared on electrode microstructure may be associated with thermal stress and strain distribution appearing in the electrode sintering process. It is necessary to investigate interactions and sintering process between material particles/clusters. A bottom-up modeling...