Visualization of liquid water distribution in an operational PEMFC by soft X-ray radiography

ECS Transactions

Volumn 25, Issue 1 PART 1, 2009, Pages 513-521

  Sasabe, T ^a   Tsushima, S ^a   Hirai, S ^a   Minami, K ^b   Yada, K ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Tohken Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CATALYST LAYERS; ELECTRON BEAM ENERGY; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GAS FLOWRATE; IN-PLANE; LIQUID WATER; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; SOFT X-RAY; SOFT X-RAY RANGE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

AERODYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FLOW OF GASES; LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; RADIOLOGY; WATER CONTENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

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EID: 77649250373     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3210601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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