Microfabricated microfluidic fuel cells

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-180

  Kamitani, Ai ^a   Morishita, Satoshi ^a   Kotaki, Hiroshi ^a   Arscott, Steve ^b  

^a SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Energy; Fibrous materials; MEMS; Microfluidics; Microfuel cells; Microsystems; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE OPTIMIZATION; DIFFUSION LAYERS; ENERGY; FIBROUS MATERIALS; FUEL FLOW RATES; GLUCOSE SOLUTION; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; MICROFABRICATED; MICROFLUIDIC FUEL CELL; MICROFUEL CELL; OUTPUT POWER DENSITY; REACTION SURFACES; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; GLUCOSE; METHANOL; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 79955654105     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.11.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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