Life cycle assessment of PEM FC applications: Electric mobility and μ-CHP

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1969-1985

  Notter, Dominic A ^a   Kouravelou, Katerina ^b   Karachalios, Theodoros ^b   Daletou, Maria K ^c   Haberland, Nara Tudela ^a,d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Nanothinx SA Rio Patras   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; CARBON BLACK; COGENERATION PLANTS; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); STIRLING ENGINES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON SUPPORT MATERIALS; CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MICRO-COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES;

LIFE CYCLE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL CELL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MOBILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRANSFORMATION;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 84936862897     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5ee01082a     Document Type: Article

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