Air-breathing membraneless laminar flow-based fuel cells: Do they breathe enough oxygen?

Applied Energy

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 400-407

  Xuan, Jin ^a,b,c   Leung, D Y C ^b   Wang, Huizhi ^b   Leung, Michael K H ^c   Wang, Bin ^c   Ni, Meng ^d  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Concentration overpotential; Fuel cell; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FUEL CELLS; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROFLUIDICS; OXYGEN SUPPLY;

AIR BREATHING; CONCENTRATION OVERPOTENTIAL; HALF-CELL REACTIONS; HIGH POWER DENSITY; OPERATIONAL MECHANISM; PERFORMANCE LIMITING FACTOR; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; TYPICAL OPERATING CONDITIONS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FUEL CELL; LAMINAR FLOW; LIMITING FACTOR; MEMBRANE; OXYGEN;

EID: 84871898553     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.10.063     Document Type: Article

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