A million-channel reformer on a fingertip: Moving down the scale in hydrogen production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3472-3479

  López, Eduardo ^a,b   Irigoyen, Aitor ^a   Trifonov, Trifon ^a   Rodríguez, Angel ^a   Llorca, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b PLAPIQUI UNS CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ethanol reforming; Hydrogen; Macroporous silicon; Microreactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; POROUS SILICON; SILICATE MINERALS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEAM REFORMING; SUBSTRATES;

COBALT-BASED CATALYSTS; ETHANOL REFORMING; ETHANOL STEAM REFORMING; MACRO POROUS SILICON; MICRO-REACTOR; PHOTO ASSISTED ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING; SPECIFIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RATE;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 77950298694     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.146     Document Type: Article

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