DocumentCode
2440932
Title
Plasma based improvements in fuel cells
Author
Boswell, R.W. ; Charles, C. ; Caillard, Amael ; Corr, Cormac ; Ramdutt, Devin ; Brault, Pascal
Author_Institution
Space Plasma, Power & Propulsion Lab., Australian Nat. Univ., Acton, ACT
fYear
2008
fDate
15-19 June 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
This paper concentrates on plasma sputtering of nano-aggregates of platinum catalyst, plasma deposition of open structure electrodes based on carbon nano-fibres and on plasma deposited membranes having properties similar to commercial products. Deposition of material for high temperature solid oxide fuel cells is presented. And comparison of the role of fuel cells in developing hydrogen economy and in hydrocarbon economy is also reported.
Keywords
plasma deposition; plasma materials processing; solid oxide fuel cells; sputter deposition; carbon nanofibres; hydrocarbon economy; hydrogen economy; nanoaggregates; plasma deposited membranes; plasma deposition; plasma sputtering; platinum catalyst; solid oxide fuel cells; Biomembranes; Electrodes; Fuel cells; Plasma applications; Plasma materials processing; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Platinum; Solids; Sputtering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Karlsruhe
ISSN
0730-9244
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1929-6
Electronic_ISBN
0730-9244
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590977
Filename
4590977
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