Electrolyte and water transfer through the porous electrodes of an immobilised-alkali hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Khalidi, A ^a   Lafage, B ^b   Taxil, P ^b   Gave, G ^c   Clifton, M J ^b   Cezac P ^b  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY OF CASABLANCA   (Morocco)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN; IONS; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; SPACE APPLICATIONS; WATER;

MOISTURE LEVEL; REACTION ZONE; WEEPING EFFECTS;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 0029753471     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3199(95)00040-K     Document Type: Article

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