Optimization of hot pressing parameters in membrane electrode assembly fabrication by response surface method

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 9484-9493

  Hasran, U A ^a   Kamarudin, S K ^a   Daud, W R W ^a   Majlis, B Y ^b   Mohamad, A B ^a   Kadhum, A A H ^a   Ahmad, M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Design of Experiment; DMFC; MEA; Nafion; Response surface method

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; FABRICATION FACTORS; MEA; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MICRO DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; NAFION; NAFION 117 MEMBRANES; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); HOT PRESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84879965921     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.12.054     Document Type: Article

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