Design, fabrication and testing of an air-breathing micro direct methanol fuel cell with compound anode flow field

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Luwen ^a   Zhang, Yufeng ^a   Zhao, Youran ^a   An, Zijiang ^a   Zhou, Zhiping ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BREATHING; ANODE FLOW FIELD; CONVENTIONAL FLOW FIELD; CURRENT COLLECTOR; DIFFUSION LAYERS; ENDPLATES; EXPOSURE AREAS; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; MICRO DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; MICROPROCESSES; OPEN RATIO; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; STABILITY TESTS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; FLOW FIELDS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

PARALLEL FLOW;

EID: 80053588230     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/21/10/104012     Document Type: Article

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