In situ activation procedures applied to a DMFC: Analysis and optimization study

Fuel

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 677-683

  Silva, Valter Bruno ^a   Rouboa, Abel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell; In situ activation procedure; Polarization curve

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; IN SITU ACTIVATION PROCEDURE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU LOADING; LOADING CYCLES; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; METHANOL CROSSOVER; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; POLARIZATION CURVE; POLARIZATION CURVES; POWER DENSITIES; PRE-TREATMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DESIGN; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEN; LOADING; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855955407     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.08.052     Document Type: Article

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