Durable power performance of a direct ash-free coal fuel cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 511-517

  Ju, Hyungkuk ^a   Eom, Jiyoung ^a   Lee, Jae Kwang ^a   Choi, Hokyung ^b   Lim, Tak Hyoung ^b   Song, Rak Hyun ^b   Lee, Jaeyoung ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ash free coal; Direct carbon fuel cell; Durability; Impurity; Raw coal

Indexed keywords

ASH-FREE COAL; CELL TEMPERATURE; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POWER PERFORMANCE; RAW COAL; REACTION TEMPERATURE;

COAL; DURABILITY; IMPURITIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DIRECT CARBON FUEL CELLS (DCFC);

EID: 84888249023     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.10.124     Document Type: Article

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