Towards a 'proton flow battery': Investigation of a reversible PEM fuel cell with integrated metal-hydride hydrogen storage

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1740-1751

  Andrews, John ^a   Seif Mohammadi, Saeed ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen storage; Metal hydride; Nafion composite electrode; Proton flow battery; Reversible fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; FLOW BATTERIES; HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITIES; HYDROGEN STORAGE ELECTRODE; METAL HYDRIDE STORAGE; METAL HYDRIDES; NAFION COMPOSITE; REVERSIBLE FUEL-CELL;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 84891833106     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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