Diffusion layers

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Materials Properties and Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 191-303

  Blanco, Mauricio ^a   Wilkinson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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