In-situ monitoring of internal local temperature and voltage of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 6395-6405

  Lee, Chi Yuan ^a   Fan, Wei Yuan ^a   Hsieh, Wei Jung ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flexible multi functional micro sensors; MEMS; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

CENTIMETER-SCALE; CONVENTIONAL SENSORS; DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU MONITORING; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); MULTI-FUNCTIONAL;

MEMS; MICROSENSORS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

PROTON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; POWER SUPPLY; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PROTONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77956342427     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100706395     Document Type: Article

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