A biologically inspired organometallic fuel cell (OMFC) that converts renewable alcohols into energy and chemicals

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 7229-7233

  Annen, Samuel P ^a   Bambagioni, Valentina ^b   Bevilacqua, Manuela ^b   Filippi, Jonathan ^b   Marchionni, Andrea ^b   Oberhauser, Werner ^b   Schönberg, Hartmut ^a   Vizza, Francesco ^b   Bianchini, Claudio ^b   Grützmacher, Hansjörg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ICCOM CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Energy conversion; Fuel cells; Renewable resources; Sustainable chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CARBON POWDER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANOMETALLICS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

ALCOHOLS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77957355170     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201002234     Document Type: Article

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