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  1. Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, 50018, C/María de Luna 3, Zaragoza, Spain

    Miguel A. Laguna-Bercero

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute for Materials Research and Innovation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504, USA

    Yudong Wang & Xiao-Dong Zhou

  3. Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China

    Liangzhu Zhu

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Laguna-Bercero, M.A., Wang, Y., Zhou, XD., Zhu, L. (2023). Fundamentals of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC). In: Laguna-Bercero, M.A. (eds) High Temperature Electrolysis. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 95. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22508-6_2

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