Life cycle assessment of gas atomised sponge nickel for use in alkaline hydrogen fuel cell applications

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 243, Issue , 2013, Pages 242-252

  Wilson, Benjamin P ^a,b   Lavery, Nicholas P ^a,c   Jarvis, David J ^c   Anttila, Tomi ^d   Rantanen, Jyri ^d   Brown, Stephen G R ^a   Adkins, Nicholas J ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d Oy Hydrocell Ltd   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline fuel cell (AFC); Cast and crush (CC); Gas atomisation (GA); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Platinum electrode; Sponge (Raney) nickel

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENERGY AND EMISSIONS; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; ESTIMATED LIFETIME; GAS ATOMISATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OPERATIONAL ENERGY; PLATINUM ELECTRODES;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; ATOMIZATION; CATALYSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRODES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANUFACTURE; NICKEL; PLATINUM; RECYCLING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84879612426     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.05.186     Document Type: Article

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