Tjaden, B; Brett, DJL; Shearing, PR; (2018) Tortuosity in electrochemical devices: a review of calculation approaches. International Materials Reviews , 63 (2) pp. 47-67. 10.1080/09506608.2016.1249995.

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Abstract

The tortuosity of a structure plays a vital role in the transport of mass and charge in electrochemical devices. Concentration polarisation losses at high current densities are caused by mass transport limitations and are thus a function of microstructural characteristics. As tortuosity is notoriously difficult to ascertain, a wide and diverse range of methods have been developed to extract the tortuosity of a structure. These methods differ significantly in terms of calculation approach and data preparation techniques. Here, a review of tortuosity calculation procedures applied in the field of electrochemical devices is presented to better understand the resulting values presented in the literature. Visible differences between calculation methods are observed, especially when using porosity–tortuosity relationships and when comparing geometric and flux-based tortuosity calculation approaches.

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