Elimination of water flooding of cathode current collector of micro passive direct methanol fuel cell by superhydrophilic surface treatment

Applied Energy

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-112

  Wang, Zhigang ^a   Zhang, Xuelin ^a,b   Nie, Li ^a   Zhang, Yufeng ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Current collector; Direct methanol fuel cell; Plasma electrolytic oxidation; Superhydrophilic; Water flooding

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COATINGS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTROLYSIS; FLOODS; HYDROPHILICITY; MAGNETRONS; OXIDATION;

CATHODE CURRENT COLLECTORS; CURRENT COLLECTOR; NOVEL CATHODE; PASSIVE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; PLASMA ELECTROLYTIC OXIDATION; SUPER-HYDROPHILIC; SUPERHYDROPHILIC SURFACE; WATER DROPLETS;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

ELECTRODE; FLOODING; FUEL CELL; METHANOL; OXIDATION; STABILIZATION;

EID: 84899580066     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.029     Document Type: Article

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