Nature-inspired energy-and material-efficient design of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5097-5108

  Kjelstrup, Signe ^a,e   Coppens, Marc Olivier ^b,e   Pharoah, J G ^c,e   Pfeifer, Peter ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c Fuel Cell Research Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e Det Norske Videnskaps Akademi   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; CATALYST MATERIAL; CATALYTIC LAYERS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; EQUIPARTITION OF ENTROPY PRODUCTION; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; FRACTAL STRUCTURES; GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; GAS DISTRIBUTOR; GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM; GASPHASE; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; HUMAN LUNG; MACRO-POROSITY; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MEMBRANE AREA; NANO-POROUS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; SINGLE CELLS; SUPPORT MATERIALS; TRANSPORT LAYERS; UPPER BOUND; VULCAN XC72;

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ENTROPY; GAS SUPPLY; GASES; INLET FLOW; MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; POROUS PLATES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REACTION KINETICS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77956759531     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef100610w     Document Type: Conference Paper

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