Performance and durability of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell operating with reformate: Effects of CO, CO2, and other trace impurities

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Durability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 341-366

  Du, Bin ^a   Pollard, Richard ^b   Elter, John F ^c   Ramani, Manikandan ^a  

^a Plug Power Inc   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 79955482419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85536-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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