Performance of a first-generation, aqueous-alkaline biocarbon fuel cell

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 734-744

  Nunoura, Teppei ^a,c   Dowaki, Kiyoshi ^a,d   Fushimi, Chihiro ^a,e   Allen, Stephen ^a,f   Mészáros, Erika ^b   Antal Jr , Michael Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

^f HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCARBON ANODES; BIOCARBONS; HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS; HYDROXYL IONS;

CATHODES; COMBUSTION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION;

FUEL CELLS;

CATHODES; COMBUSTION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FUEL CELLS; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION;

EID: 33847327337     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061202s     Document Type: Article

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