Carbon nanotubes based gas diffusion layers in direct methanol fuel cells

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1455-1459

  Gao, Y ^a,b   Sun, G Q ^a   Wang, S L ^a   Zhu, S ^a,b  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs); Gas diffusion layer (GDL); Mass transfer; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PAPER; PLASMA WAVES; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

A-CARBON; CARBON FIBRES; CARBON PAPER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GAS DIFFUSION LAYER (GDL); GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GRAPHITIZATION DEGREE; LIMITING CURRENT DENSITY; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETERS; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; PORE DIAMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SINGLE CELLS;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

DIFFUSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 76049092124     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.11.031     Document Type: Article

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