Advanced low temperature metal hydride materials for low temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell application

• Main Author: Ntsendwana, Bulelwa
• Other Authors: Lototskyy, Mykhaylo
• Language: en
• Published: University of the Western Cape 2014
• Subjects: Hydrogen energy; Polymer Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell; Solid state hydrogen storage; Metal hydrides; AB5 hydride-forming alloy; Ce-substituted LaNi5; Surface modification; Kinetics; Thermodynamics; Pressure-Composition Isotherm; Thermal conductivity; Heat and Mass transfer
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2582

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