Low-temperature fuel cell technology for green energy

Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 1657-1702

  Gold, Scott A ^a  

^a University of Dayton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE;

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; STATIONARY POWER GENERATION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84936854649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7991-9_43     Document Type: Chapter

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