A micro-direct methanol fuel cell stack with optimized design and microfabrication

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-76

  Zhong, Lingyan ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Jiang, Yingqi ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Qiu, Xinping ^a   Zhou, Yan'an ^a   Liu, Litian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DMFC modeling; DMFC stack; Flow structure design; Micro fuel cell; PDMS packaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; MICROFABRICATION; OPTIMIZATION;

DMFC MODELING; FLOW STRUCTURE DESIGN; MICRO FUEL CELL; PDMS PACKAGING;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 40949111496     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.06.045     Document Type: Article

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