The effect of cell orientations and environmental conditions on the performance of a passive DMFC single cell

Ionics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1637-1647

  Yousefi, Sasan ^a,b   Shakeri, Mohsen ^b   Sedighi, Koroush ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell orientation; Environmental conditions; Flooding; Passive direct methanol fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AIR-BREATHING DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; CELL ORIENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LIQUID FEED DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; PASSIVE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

FLOODS; OIL WELL FLOODING;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84885607759     PISSN: 09477047     EISSN: 18620760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-013-0889-y     Document Type: Article

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