Effect of non-uniform parallel channel on performance of passive direct methanol fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3395-3400

  Gholami, Omid ^a,b   Imen, S Javad ^b   Shakeri, Mohsen ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Current collector; Direct methanol fuel cell; Methanol concentration; Non uniform parallel channel; Open ratio

Indexed keywords

ANODE SIDE; CURRENT COLLECTOR; MAXIMUM POWER; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; NON-UNIFORM; OPEN RATIO; PARALLEL CHANNEL; PASSIVE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; PASSIVE DMFC; SINGLE CELLS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATHODES; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; METHANOL;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84874649316     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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