Investigation of a small-volume direct methanol fuel cell stack for portable applications

Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 462-467

  Yuan, Zhenyu ^a   Zhang, Yufeng ^a   Fu, Wenting ^a   Li, Zipeng ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell stack; Portable application; Small volume

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CURRENT COLLECTOR; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL STACKS; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; PORTABLE APPLICATIONS; SMALL-VOLUME; STEADY STATE PERFORMANCE;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

ALUMINUM; CORROSION CONTROL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; FUEL CELL; METHANOL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; WEIGHT;

EID: 84875399363     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.12.033     Document Type: Article

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