Performance of an alkaline-acid direct ethanol fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 9994-9999

  An, L ^a   Zhao, T S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alkaline acid; Direct ethanol fuel cell; Fuel cell; Membrane thickness; Power density; Species concentrations

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE-ACID; CELL PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; POWER DENSITIES; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; THICK MEMBRANES;

CATHODES; DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC); ETHANOL;

ETHANOL FUELS;

EID: 79960908465     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.04.150     Document Type: Article

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