Lightweight current collector based on printed-circuit-board technology and its structural effects on the passive air-breathing direct methanol fuel cell

Renewable Energy

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 664-670

  Yuan, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xiaoqing ^a   Zhang, Shiwei ^a   Hu, Jinyi ^a   Li, Zongtao ^a   Tang, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Current collector; Direct methanol fuel cell; Mono polar stack; Passive; Printed circuit board

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRODES; FLOW CONTROL; FUEL CELLS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

AIR BREATHING; CURRENT COLLECTOR; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; MONO-POLAR STACK; PASSIVE; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TECHNOLOGY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB);

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESIGN; FUEL CELL; METHANOL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84927631788     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.03.082     Document Type: Article

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