Effects of dimethyl ether on the performance characteristics of a direct methanol fuel cell

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-243

  Seo, Sang Hern ^a   Lee, Chang Sik ^b  

^a Gyeonggi Regional Small and Medium Business Administration   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crossover; Dimethyl ether (DME); Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC); Impedance

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS METHANOL SOLUTIONS; CROSSOVER; CROSSOVER EXPERIMENTS; DIMETHYL ETHERS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS;

CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXPERIMENTS; METHANOL; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLATINUM;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84876112699     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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