Spreading of liquid droplets on proton exchange membrane of a direct alcohol fuel cell

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7515-7522

  Keshav, Tirupati R ^a   Basu, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Imbibition; Porous substrate; Proton exchange membrane; Spreading

Indexed keywords

DEIONIZED WATER; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SUBSTRATES;

LIQUID DROPLETS; POROUS SUBSTRATE;

DROPS;

DEIONIZED WATER; DROPS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SUBSTRATES;

EID: 36049001457     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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