Determination of efficiency in direct carbon fuel cells

ECS Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 161-176

  Cooper, J F ^a   Selman, J R ^b  

^a John F Cooper Consulting LLC   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EFFICIENCY; DISORDERED CARBON; EXTERIOR SURFACES; EXTERNAL SURFACES; INERT MATERIALS; STEADY-STATE POLARIZATION CURVES; TOTAL EFFICIENCY; VOLTAGE EFFICIENCIES;

ANODIC OXIDATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS;

CARBON;

EID: 84879210224     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3697438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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