High-concentration operation of a passive air-breathing direct methanol fuel cell integrated with a porous methanol barrier

Renewable Energy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 741-746

  Yuan, Wei ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Yang, Xiaojun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Direct methanol fuel cell; High concentration operation; Methanol barrier; Passive; Porous metal fiber sintered felt

Indexed keywords

AIR BREATHING; HIGH-CONCENTRATION OPERATION; METHANOL BARRIERS; PASSIVE; POROUS METAL;

FELT; FIBERS; MELT SPINNING; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; SINTERING;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

AIRFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUEL CELL; MASS TRANSFER; METAL; METHANOL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84866010104     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.08.039     Document Type: Article

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