Design and fabrication of MEMS-based monolithic fuel cells

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 145-146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 354-362

  Kuriyama, Nariaki ^a   Kubota, Tadahiro ^a   Okamura, Daisuke ^a   Suzuki, Toshifumi ^a   Sasahara, Jun ^a  

^a HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Fuel cell; Gas diffusion; Hydrogen; MEMS; Platinum catalyst

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FUEL CELLS; FUELS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TECHNOLOGY;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; CARBON MATERIALS; CATALYST LAYER (CL); GAS DIFFUSION; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; MEMS PROCESS; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS); MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNT); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM); THREE-COMPONENT;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES;

EID: 44849104021     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.10.078     Document Type: Article

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