Impact of land width and channel span on fuel cell performance

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 196, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7550-7554

  Goebel, Steven G ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell performance; Channel span; Flow field design; Fuel cell; Land width; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; CHANNEL SPAN; FLOW FIELD DESIGN; LAND WIDTH; PEM FUEL CELL;

FLOW FIELDS;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 79959365034     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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