A comparative study of different carbon fuels in an electrolyte-supported hybrid direct carbon fuel cell

Applied Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 402-409

  Xu, Xiaoyong ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Liang, Fengli ^a   Zhu, Zhonghua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Direct carbon fuel cell; Electrolyte supported fuel cell; Solid carbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBONATES; COAL; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHITE;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; POISONING EFFECTS; POWER DENSITIES; SAMARIUM DOPED CERIAS; SOLID CARBON;

DIRECT CARBON FUEL CELLS (DCFC);

CARBON; CARBONATE; CATALYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84876490883     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.053     Document Type: Article

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