Improving the water management and cell performance for the passive vapor-feed DMFC fed with neat methanol

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 8468-8477

  Xu, Chao ^a,b   Faghri, Amir ^a   Li, Xianglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Cell performance; Fuel efficiency; Neat methanol; Passive DMFC; Vapor feed

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; FUEL EFFICIENCY; NEAT METHANOL; PASSIVE DMFC; VAPOR-FEED;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); EFFICIENCY; MANAGEMENT; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79958177843     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.03.115     Document Type: Article

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