Achieving high performance in intermediate temperature direct carbon fuel cells with renewable carbon as a fuel source

Applied Energy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-181

  Hao, Wenbin ^a   He, Xiaojin ^a   Mi, Yongli ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Direct carbon fuel cell; Intermediate temperature; Kaolinite; Renewable carbon

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON BLACK; DIRECT CARBON FUEL CELLS (DCFC); GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; KAOLINITE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE PAPER;

CARBON SOURCE; CELL PERFORMANCE; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; RENEWABLE CARBON SOURCES; THERMAL GASIFICATION; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL REACTIVITY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FUEL CELL; KAOLINITE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84907225314     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.055     Document Type: Article

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