Nano porous silicon membrane with channels for micro direct methanol fuel cells

NEMS 2011 - 6th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 968-971

  Wang, Mei ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Wu, Shan ^a   Tan, Zhimin ^a   Liu, Litian ^a   Guo, Xun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

micro direct methanol fuel cell; Nafion ; porous silicon; proton exchange membrane

Indexed keywords

CATHODE PLATES; COMPACT STRUCTURES; KOH ETCHING; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MICRO DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANO-POROUS SILICON; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; SERPENTINE CHANNEL; SILICON MEMBRANES; SINGLE LAYER;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); MEMBRANES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SERPENTINE;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 80053320036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2011.6017516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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