Water crossover reduction in DMFC utilizing hydrophobic anode MPL

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 723-734

  Shaffer, Christian E ^a   Wang, Chao Yang ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anode MPL; Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC); Highly concentrated fuel; Water crossover; Water management

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY CONCENTRATED FUEL; LIQUID FLOW; MICROPOROUS LAYERS; TWO-PHASE TRANSPORT; WATER LOSS; WATER TRANSPORT;

CEMENTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 77952609497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FuelCell2008-65019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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