Effect of RuO2·xH2O in anode on the performance of direct methanol fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 11254-11260

  Zhu, Shan ^a,b   Wang, Suli ^a   Gao, Yan ^a,b   Jiang, Luhua ^a   Sun, Hai ^a   Sun, Gongquan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amorphous hydrous RuO2; Direct methanol fuel cell; Dynamic constant performance; Dynamic response; Quasi steady state performance

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS HYDROUS RUO2; ANODE CATALYST LAYER; CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL; ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; NOVEL STRUCTURES; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; QUASI-STEADY STATE; STRIPPING ANALYSIS;

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 77957346209     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.07.055     Document Type: Article

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