Effect of anode and cathode flow field geometry on passive direct methanol fuel cell performance

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 410-417

  Gholami, Omid ^a,b   Imen, S Javad ^b   Shakeri, Mohsen ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

contact resistance; cross over; current collector; direct methanol fuel cell; trapezoidal channel

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; FLOW FIELDS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; MOLAR CONCENTRATION;

CATHODE CURRENT COLLECTORS; CATHODE FLOW FIELDS; CROSS OVER; CURRENT COLLECTOR; EFFECT OF CATHODE; METHANOL CROSSOVER; PASSIVE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; TRAPEZOIDAL CHANNELS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84922344569     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.181     Document Type: Article

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