In-situ measurement of ethanol tolerance in an operating fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8980-8991

  Naughton, Matt S ^a   Tornow, Claire E ^a   Bonita, Yolanda ^a   Jhong, Huei Ru Molly ^a   Brushett, Fikile R ^a   Gewirth, Andrew A ^a   Kenis, Paul J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag cathode; Alkaline fuel cell; Electrode characterization; Gas diffusion electrodes; Non Platinum catalyst; Reference electrode

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE CHARACTERIZATION; GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDIC FUEL CELL; NON-PLATINUM; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PORTABLE APPLICATIONS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; REFERENCE ELECTRODES;

ACETIC ACID; ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC); ETHANOL FUELS; EXPERIMENTS; IMPURITIES; PH; PLATINUM; SILVER;

ETHANOL;

EID: 84879944572     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.04.147     Document Type: Article

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