Development and performance analysis of a metallic passive micro-direct methanol fuel cell for portable applications

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 5408-5415

  Falcao D S ^a   Pereira, J P ^a   Rangel, C M ^b   Pinto, A M F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cell performance; Experimental studies; Low catalyst loading; Methanol concentration; Micro passive DMFC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937243131     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.034     Document Type: Article

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