Fully passive degassing and fuel supply in direct methanol fuel cells

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 34-37

  Paust, Nils ^a   Litterst, Christian ^a   Metz, Tobias ^a   Zengerle, Roland ^a   Koltay, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DEGASSING; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; EXTERNAL-; FUEL SUPPLIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; MICRO-ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; SURFACE ENERGIES;

FUELS;

EID: 50149107841     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2008.4443586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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