Direct methanol fuel cells - Status, challenges and prospects

Proceedings of the Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 33-36

  Narayanan, S R ^a   Valdez, T I ^a   Kindler, A ^a   Witham, C ^a   Surampudi, S ^a   Frank, H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anodes; Biomembranes; Costs; Fuel cells; Methanol; Permeability; Propulsion; Temperature dependence; Voltage; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATALYSTS; COSTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FUEL CELLS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PROPULSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

ATTRACTIVE SYSTEMS; BATTERY REPLACEMENTS; BIOMEMBRANES; COMMERCIAL MARKET; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; LOW METHANOL PERMEABILITY; POINT OF ENTRIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84949678744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BCAA.2000.838360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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