A "4-cell" modular passive DMFC (direct methanol fuel cell) stack forportable applications

Energy

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 229-235

  Wang, Luwen ^a   He, Mingyan ^a   Hu, Yue ^a   Zhang, Yufeng ^b   Liu, Xiaowei ^b   Wang, Gaofeng ^a  

^a HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell stack; Modular; Passive; Portable applications

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL STACKS; ELECTRICAL CONNECTION; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; MODULAR; PASSIVE; PORTABLE APPLICATIONS; STEADY STATE PERFORMANCE;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84926145073     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.01.033     Document Type: Article

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