Evolution of the electrochemical interface in high-temperature fuel cells and electrolysers

C.C. acknowledges financial support from ECoProbe (DFF – 4005-00129) funded by the Danish Independent Research Council. C.G. and M.B.M. acknowledge financial support from Energinet.dk through the ForskEL programme Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for the Renewable Energy Transition contract no. 2014-1-12231. J.T.S.I., M.C.V. and D.N. acknowledge support from EPSRC Platform Grant EP/K015540/1, EPSRC Tailoring of microstructural evolution in impregnated SOFC electrodes EP/M014304/1 and Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award WRMA 2012/R2.

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