The Effect of Ambient Carbon Dioxide on Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Ziv, Noga; Mustain, William E.; Dekel, Dario R.

doi:10.1002/cssc.201702330

Title: The Effect of Ambient Carbon Dioxide on Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Journal Article · Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · ChemSusChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201702330· OSTI ID:1537540

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The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering and The Nancy & Stephan Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003 Israel
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208 USA

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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Journal Information:: ChemSusChem, Vol. 11, Issue 7; ISSN 1864-5631

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