A life-cycle perspective on automotive fuel cells

Applied Energy

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 884-896

  Simons, Andrew ^a   Bauer, Christian ^b  

^a Simons Stotz and Co Sustainable Practices (3SP)   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emissions; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life Cycle Inventory (LCI); PEM fuel cell; Resource demands

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; CRASHWORTHINESS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUEL CELLS; FUEL SYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; PEM FUEL CELL; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS (PEMFC); RESOURCE DEMANDS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84945131996     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: 18729118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.049     Document Type: Article

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