Review on the unitized regenerative fuel cells materials

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1151-1160

  Dihrab, Salwan S ^a   Sopian, K ^a   Zaharim, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Fuel cell; Membrane, catalyst; Titanium; Unitized

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATALYSIS; ELECTROKINESIS; FUEL CELL; IRIDIUM; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TITANIUM;

EID: 58149154726     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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