A direct-methane fuel cell with a ceria-based anode

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6745, 1999, Pages 649-651

  Perry Murray, E ^a   Tsai, T ^a   Barnett, S A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033549776     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23220     Document Type: Article

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