H2 generation from alkaline electrolyzer

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 365-381

  Bodner, Merit ^a   Hofer, Astrid ^a   Hacker, Viktor ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANODES; BIOETHANOL; CATHODES; COAL DEPOSITS; COSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; STEAM REFORMING; WIND POWER;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYSIS; CONDUCTING MEMBRANE; DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; PROTON-CONDUCTING ELECTROLYTE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84931838892     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.150     Document Type: Review

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