Characterisation and optimisation of low cost activated carbon fabric as a substrate layer for PEMFC electrodes

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology, 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 169-173

  Rajalakshmi, N ^a   Velayutham, G ^a   Ramya, K ^a   Subramaniyam, C K ^a   Dhathathreyan, K S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon cloth; Carbon paper; Diffusion layer; PEMFC; Permeability

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POROSITY;

CARBON CLOTH; CARBON PAPER; DIFFUSION LAYER; PERMEABILITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFC);

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 27744537195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fuelcell2005-74182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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