Effect of sorbed methanol, current, and temperature on multicomponent transport in nafion-based direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 8542-8548

  Rivera, Harry ^a   Lawton, Jamie S ^b   Budil, David E ^b   Smotkin, Eugene S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL FUELS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; MULTICOMPONENT TRANSPORT;

METHANOL;

EID: 49149113679     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp803158h     Document Type: Article

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