A dual-electrolyte based air-breathing regenerative microfluidic fuel cell with 1.76 V open-circuit-voltage and 0.74 V water-splitting voltage

Nano Energy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2016, Pages 619-626

  Zou, Haiyang ^a,b   Chen, Jun ^a   Fang, Yunnan ^a   Ding, Jilai ^a   Peng, Wenbo ^a   Liu, Ruiyuan ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dual electrolyte; Microfluidic fuel cell; Neutralization energy; Regenerative fuel cell; Water split

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; MICROFLUIDICS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS;

ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; MICROFLUIDIC FUEL CELL; NEUTRALIZATION ENERGY; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; PORTABLE POWER SYSTEMS; ROOM-TEMPERATURE OPERATION; VOLTAGE EFFICIENCIES; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC);

EID: 84982215480     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.07.036     Document Type: Article

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