In addition, the maximum power density increased
only ca. 2.5% by increasing the cathode backpressure up
to 15 psig, while the cell performance is improved as ca.
100% by increasing ethanol concentration relating to
kinetic reaction at the anode CL. It was concluded that
the crossover effect had less insignificant impact on the
DEFC performance than the anode kinetic reaction effect.
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CKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was financially supported by the Higher
Education Research Promotion and the National Research
University (NRU) Project of Thailand, Office of the
Higher Education Commission. I would like to thank the
Royal Golden Jubilee (RGJ) Program of the Thailand
Research Fund (TRF) and the Joint Graduate School of
Energy and Environment (JGSEE) for the jointed
academic scholarship.
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