Modeling the anodic half-cell of a low-temperature coal fuel cell

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 5682-5686

  Weibel, Douglas B ^a   Boulatov, Roman ^a   Lee, Andrew ^a   Ferrigno, Rosaria ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Electrochemistry; Fuel cells; Redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON; COAL; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS;

COAL FUEL CELLS; PARTIAL OXIDATION; POWER DENSITY; REDOX CHEMISTRY;

FUEL CELLS;

COAL; FERRIC ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 24944581763     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501192     Document Type: Article

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