Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Approach for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Reaction

The electrode performance in solid oxide fuel cell depends both on electrode materials and microstructure. Therefore, it is important to breakdown the complexity of multi-physics in the porous electrode into processes in different scales. To clarify the multi-physics toward better electrode design, the use of both the advanced measurement and the simulation techniques is inevitable. For this purpose, we have taken the combined top-down and bottom-up approaches. In this manuscript, we discuss the practical issues in multi-scale, multi-physics simulation, focusing on the local activity of Ni-YSZ anode.