Modeling of microfluidic fuel cells with flow-through porous electrodes

ASME 2010 8th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 659-665

  Khabbazi, Ali Ebrahimi ^a   Hoorfar, Mina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ELECTRODE; CATALYST COATING; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRODE POROSITY; ELECTRODE SURFACE AREA; FLOWTHROUGH; FUEL CELL DESIGNS; HIGH SOLUBILITY; INLET VELOCITY; METAL CATALYST; MICROFLUIDIC FUEL CELL; OPEN-CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; OPTIMUM VALUE; POROUS CARBON ELECTRODES; POROUS ELECTRODES; POWER DENSITIES; POWER OUT PUT; REDOX COUPLE; REDOX SPECIES; SOLID-PHASE;

CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELLS; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROFLUIDICS; OXIDANTS; POROSITY; REDOX REACTIONS; VANADIUM;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84860307615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FuelCell2010-33220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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