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Investigation of a direct methanol redox fuel cell with design simplification

Ilicic, 2010

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Ilicic A
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A key objective of this work is to address a number of the central issues associated with the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) through the investigation of a redox flow battery (RFB)/DMFC hybrid fuel cell. The air cathode (Pt/carbon) of the DMFC is substituted by a …
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES [GHG] EMISSION, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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